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These unclassified display slides from the Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) are dated 2023, carry the name of Director Seán Kirkpatrick, and were reviewed for release in March 2025. They define unidentified anomalous phenomena and summarize how the FY23 NDAA expanded AARO's authorities. They also lay out AARO's mission, its operations, analysis, science and strategic communications functions, reporting trends from 1996 to 2023, and the office's goals and priorities for 2023.
US Department of Defense5 US Territory & Operating Areas DoD observations and reporting of UAP most often in the vicinity of US military facilities and operating areas Threats to the immediate safety of US citizens and Government facilities, across domains, is priority Safety and security risks of UAP heighten US Government awareness and drives research and mitigation efforts Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, DoJ, NASA, FAA US Strategic Capabilities Reporting on UAP proximity to strategic capabilities and critical infrastructure primarily historical; analysis limited by information currency and source reliability Consequence of UAP in the vicinity of strategic capabilities is high, potentially threatening strategic deterrence and safety of civil society DoD strengthening observations and reporting capabilities near US strategic capabilities and critical infrastructure Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, DoE and NNSA, DoJ, DHS The potentially ubiquitous presence of UAP defines the national-security implications and drives the broad range of stakeholders and demand for rigorous scientific understanding of and intelligence on phenomena Foreign Territory & Operating Areas Reporting on UAP activity in foreign territory or operating areas limited by source reliability Consequence of such moderate-to- high, potentially leading to adversarial misattribution of UAP to the United States Allies and strategic competitors apply resources to observe, identify, and attribute UAP (open source) Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, STATE, international partners FOR DISPLAY ONLY UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED FOR DISPLAY ONLY 029 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/20/2025
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 12 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.