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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.

  • p. 44 …conduct reconnaissance missions in high-threat areas. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and DARPA developed Dark Star in…
  • p. 45 45 Polecat Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program organization, also known as “Skunk Works” developed the…
  • p. 62 …194 Lockheed Martin, “Popular Science Awards Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II and Polecat UAV Best…
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198 John R. Hoehn and Paul R. Kerr, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential
Programs,” Congressional Research Service, Report R47067.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47067
199 Ibid.
200 John R. Hoehn and Paul R. Kerr, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential
Programs,” Congressional Research Service, Report R47067.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47067; U.S. Air Force, “RQ-4 Global Hawk.”
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104516/rq-4-global-hawk/; U.S. Army
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/OP37.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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