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This backgrounder from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) sets out the office's mission, its vision and how it is organized. It was released in full on 3/20/2025 under case number 330UAP000015. The paper defines UAP, explains why they matter for national security, and describes AARO's four functional groups, its partners and how it tells UAP apart from known objects. It says testimony from over two dozen individuals has produced no verifiable evidence of programs to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial materials.
UNCLASSIFIED 3 UNCLASSIFIED AARO values its collaboration with academia and the scientific community and considers it critical to the Office’s success. AARO neither rejects the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence nor presumes phenomena not immediately understood are evidence of such. AARO applies rigorous scientific methodology to the UAP data it collects and analyzes, including peer‐reviewed academic and scientific research. (U) AARO is committed to following the data and its investigation wherever it leads. Working with DoD OGC and other investigative partners, AARO has established a safe and secure process for individuals to come forth with information—even that which is potentially classified—to aid AARO in its congressionally‐mandated historical review of records and testimonies. To date, AARO’s review of testimony from over two dozen individuals has not led to any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs to reverse‐engineer extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently. AARO’s historical review of records and testimonies is ongoing and due to Congress by June 2024, and it welcomes the opportunity to speak with any former or current government employee or contractor who believes they have information relevant to the historical review. Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/20/2025 015
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.