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This release pairs two 2023 authorization memos. The first is a Department of Defense Special Access Program Central Office memorandum for record dated March 8, 2023, and the second is a matching ODNI Controlled Access Programs Central Office memo, CAPCO-23-003. Under Section 1673 of the FY2023 NDAA, both allow people bound by nondisclosure agreements to give UAP-related information to the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Those disclosures must happen in appropriate secure spaces, and the people making them must keep protecting classified information.
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# OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
3200 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20301-3200
MAR 08 2023
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: Authorization to Provide Information to Personnel Representing the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S))
References: Section 1673 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
1. Representatives of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) are authorized to speak to persons and/or conduct interviews of persons that currently have, or previously had, access to sensitive U.S. Government (USG) information, activities, and/or materials.
2. Individuals with current or previous access to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP)-related information which is subject to a USG Nondisclosure Agreement are authorized to provide this otherwise protected information to AARO representatives. AARO personnel are authorized to receive this information pursuant to Section 1673 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. The provision of UAP-related information which is subject to a Nondisclosure Agreement to AARO personnel constitutes an authorized disclosure if the information is provided and received for the limited purpose of conducting AARO's assigned mission as specified in Section 1683 of the NDAA for FY2022, as amended by Section 6802 of the NDAA for FY2023.
3. AARO representatives will conduct any conversation, interview, or disclosure of USG sensitive information by an individual only within appropriate secure spaces and handled in accordance with the regulations applicable to the alleged classification level of the potentially sensitive information discussed, (e.g., if the individual providing the information indicates that he/she believes the information to be shared is classified TOP SECRET, special access required, the AARO representatives will handle the information in accordance with such a level at intake and until the classification can be determined).
4. Persons in contact with, or interviewed by, AARO representatives are advised that they are to continue safeguarding classified and sensitive information in accordance with U.S. law and the terms of any applicable Nondisclosure Agreement. An individual's authorized disclosure of sensitive information to AARO representatives as outlined in this memorandum in no way impacts that individual's responsibility to protect and safeguard classified information from unauthorized disclosure.
All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 2/14/2025 Released in Part: X Reason: 44 U.S.C. 2107 $ \mathrm{§} $ 1843(a)(3) Case Number: 330UAP000006
Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/14/2025
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.