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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 23_AARO_Brief_ATB

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 8 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is a 2023 slide briefing from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), presented by Director Seán Kirkpatrick for the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, titled "The Defense Department's UAP Mission & Civil Aviation." It defines UAP and sets out AARO's mission, vision and lines of effort. It calls for educating aviators, destigmatizing UAP reporting and building civil reporting channels, and it lists the observation details analysts need. The slides were reviewed and released in full in February 2025.

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DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802
U.S. Department of Defense &
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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The potentially ubiquitous presence of UAP defines the national-security
implications and drives the broad range of stakeholders and demand for
rigorous scientific understanding of and intelligence on phenomena
US Territory & Operating Areas
 DoD observations and reporting of
UAP most often in the vicinity of US
military facilities and operating areas
 Threats to the immediate safety of US
citizens and Government facilities,
across domains, is priority
 Safety and security risks of UAP
heighten US Government awareness
and drives research and mitigation
efforts
 Key partners and stakeholders include
DoD, IC, DoJ, NASA, FAA
US Strategic Capabilities
 Reporting on UAP proximity to
strategic capabilities and critical
infrastructure primarily historical;
analysis limited by information currency
and source reliability
 Consequence of UAP in the vicinity of
strategic capabilities is high, potentially
threatening strategic deterrence and
safety of civil society
 DoD strengthening observations and
reporting capabilities near US strategic
capabilities and critical infrastructure
 Key partners and stakeholders include
DoD, IC, DoE and NNSA, DoJ, DHS
 Reporting on UAP activity in foreign
territory or operating areas limited by
source reliability
 Consequence of such moderate-to-
high, potentially leading to adversarial
misattribution of UAP to the United
States
 Allies and strategic competitors apply
resources to observe, identify, and
attribute UAP (open source)
 Key partners and stakeholders include
DoD, IC, STATE, international partners023
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C)
Date: 02/06/2025

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