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1 view Congress as a critical partner in this endeavor. AARO
2 has accomplished much in the last nine months since it was
3 established. The AARO team of more than three dozen experts
4 is organized around four functional areas: operations,
5 scientific research, integrated analysis, and strategic
6 communications.
7 In the nine months since AARO's establishment we have
8 taken important steps to involve and improve UAP data
9 collection, standardize the department's UAP internal
10 reporting requirements, and implement a framework for
11 rigorous scientific and intelligence analysis, allowing us
12 to resolve cases in a systematic and prioritized manner.
13 Meanwhile, consistent with legislative direction, AARO
14 is also carefully reviewing and researching the U.S.
15 government's UAP-related historical record. AARO is leading
16 a focused effort to better characterize, understand, and
17 attribute UAP with priority given to UAP reports by DOD and
18 IC personnel in or near areas of national security
19 importance.
20 DOD fully appreciates the eagerness from many quarters,
21 especially here in Congress and in the American public, to
22 quickly resolve every UAP encountered across the globe from
23 the distant past through today.
24 It is important to note, however, AARO is the
25 culmination of decades of DOD, intelligence community, and
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IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
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