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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 026_DGI_Briefing

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 12 pages · text from the file's own layer

This unclassified briefing from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office was given by Deputy Director Tim Phillips to the Defense Space, Geospatial and Intelligence Leadership Conference and was released on 2/6/2025. It defines UAP and notes that most reports lack enough data, while most that can be assessed resolve to mundane objects. It says a 2018 Mt. Etna object was likely a balloon. It also describes controlled tests at Camp Grafton, North Dakota, a Space UAP Tiger Team, and Starlink flaring as a cause of reported orbs.

ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO) 3
UNCLASSIFIED
MISSION, VISION, & FUNCTION
Congress established AARO to investigate what hazards or threats UAP might present across service, regional, and domain boundaries.
MISSION:
Minimize technical and intelligence surprise by synchronizing identification, attribution, and mitigation of UAP in the vicinity of national security areas.
VISION:
Effectively and efficiently detect, track, analyze, and manage anomalous detections and UAP via normalized and systematized DoD, IC, and civil
business practices adhering to the highest scientific and intelligence-tradecraft standards with transparency and shared awareness.
AARO DIVISIONS AND ORGANIZATION
Director
Analysis Chief of Staff Operations
Science & Technology Strategic Communications
UNCLASSIFIED Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/6/2025026

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