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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
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Our mission success and our ability to contribute to
aviation safety depends on observations and insights
from the aviation community
Educate Aviators and Crews
The subject of UAP is laden with decades
of imprecise—and often sensational—
information
Promulgating accurate information about
UAP, their implications to flight safety and
national security, and our commitment to
resolving them is foundational to our
partnership with the community.
Sharing what UAP data is critically-
important for scientific and intelligence
analyses allows aviators and crews to
optimize the value of their observations
and reporting of phenomena
Encourage Reporting
Historically, reticence to UAP reporting
has limited the Government’s ability to
guard against aerial safety and security
threats
Destigmatizing discussion about and
reporting of UAP is essential for tracking,
resolving, and defending against such
phenomena
Government efforts to encourage military
aviators and crews to report phenomena
have substantially increased the quantity
and quality of UAP data
Updating Civil Aviation Reporting Mechanism
Leverage Our Expertise & Systems
Aviators and crews informed about UAP
and willing to report have historically had
few official channels to submit
observational data
We are working with military, civil, and
industry partners to develop and field
reporting mechanisms available to
aviators and crews
By leveraging our systems, we will be able
to quickly incorporate aviators’ and crews’
reporting into the corpus of data, to
optimize scientific and intelligence
analyses, and to provide feedback to the
reporting individual and/or organization023
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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