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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 029_2023_UAP_Mission_Slides

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

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.

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Identifies new and ongoing
opportunities for strategic
communications engagement
across AARO”s mission functions;
to include key stakeholder needs,
expectations, and areas for
collaboration.
UAP-MISSION COMMS REQ
Leads the development of an integrated engagement strategy on UAP
that promotes shared awareness across mission partners, oversight
authorities, and other stakeholders; builds trust and transparency; and
normalizes cross-sector partnerships.
INTEGRATED STRATEGIC-ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
Tracks Executive, Legislative, and Defense
Department requirements for the UAP Mission
and the Office; monitors AARO progress toward
meeting those requirements; and drives
development of routine and ad hoc reporting to
Congress and other stakeholders within the U.S.
Government.
OVERSIGHT ENGAGEMENT
Implements the Department's commitment to
transparency and openness on UAP matters.
Identifies and recommends opportunities for
countering misconceptions and raising
awareness of the Department's UAP mission via
targeted media, partner, and public
engagement.
AMERICAN-PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
Guides AARO partner engagement, ensuring
unity of message, consistency, and coherence
among defense, civil, private, and international
partners.
UAP-MISSION PARTNER ENGAGEMENT
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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.