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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 05_AARO_Historical_Record_Report

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 63 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is Volume I of the Historical Record Report from the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), dated February 2024 and released in full in February 2025. It reviews US government UAP investigations since 1945, from Project SIGN and Blue Book through the Condon Report, AATIP and the UAP Task Force. AARO found no evidence that any sighting involved extraterrestrial technology or that anyone reverse-engineered alien craft. It says the claims come largely from circular reporting, and it names KONA BLUE as a proposed program that was never approved.

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20 Ibid.
21 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
23 Ibid.
24 Hector Quintanilla Jr., “The Investigation of UFOs,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 10, No. 4
(Fall 1966), pp. 95-110, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7282832; U.S. Congress, House of
Representatives; https://history.house.gov/Blog/Detail/15032395730
25 Ibid.
26 Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1,
No. 1, (1997), pp. 67-84; https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC 0000838058.pdf
27 Ibid.
28 Ibid.
29 “The Robertson Panel Report,” https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-
rdp81r00100030027-0
30 Hector Quintanilla, Jr., “The Investigation of UFOs,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 10, No. 4
(Fall 1966), pp. 95-110, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7282832; Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role
in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 1, (1997), pp. 67-84;
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000838058.pdf
31 “The Robertson Panel Report”, https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-
rdp81r00100030027-0; Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90,” Studies
in Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 1, (1997), pp. 67-84;
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000838058.pdf
32 Ibid.
33 The Durant Report, https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp81r00100030027-0;
Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1,
No. 1, (1997), pp. 67-84; https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000838058.pdf05Page determined to be Unclassified
Review by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C)
Date: 02/05/2025

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