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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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163 National Reconnaissance Office, https://www.nro.gov/About-NRO/history/more-historical-
programs/
164 National Museum of the United States Air Force,
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-
Sheets/Display/Article/195925/gambit-1-kh-7-film-recovery-vehicle/
165 National Reconnaissance Office, https://www.nro.gov/About-NRO/history/more-historical-
programs/
166 National Museum of the United States Air Force,
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Sheets/Display/Article/195921/hexagon-kh-9-reconnaissance-satellite/
167 National Reconnaissance Office,
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168 The National Reconnaissance Office, https://www.nro.gov/About-nro/history/more-historical-
programs
169 National Air and Space Museum, https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/topics/space/space-
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171 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-
space/nasa-day-of-remembrance-pays-tribute-to-fallen-astronauts/
172 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), https://www.darpa.mil/about-
us/timeline/have-blue
173 U.S. Air Force, https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104482/b-2-spirit/
174 Department of Defense, https://www.mda.mil/about/history.html; Department of State,
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175 Frank Strickland, “The Early Evolution of the Predator Drone,” Studies in Intelligence 57, no.
1 (2013): 1-6. https://www.cia.gov/static/Early-Evolution-of-Predator.pdf; Defense Advanced05Page 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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