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This is a statement for the record by Dr. Jon Kosloski, Director of the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, dated November 19, 2024, and released in full in 2025. He says AARO holds over 1,600 UAP reports, most of which resolve to birds, balloons or unmanned systems. He adds that AARO has found no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology, and he sets partnerships, transparency and scaling up as the office's priorities.
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appropriate committees in Congress that are authorized by the law or House and Senate leadership to receive the information. It is important to note that AARO does not unilaterally declassify information. Instead, we work with the originator of a classified record to ensure that declassifying that record does not inadvertently harm national security. This can take time. Nonetheless, the Department is committed to declassifying and publicly sharing more information on UAP, while protecting sensitive sources and methods. I’ll be sharing some newly declassified imagery in just a few minutes. AARO is also working closely with the National Archives and Records Administration to make UAP-related documents publicly available in a digitized collection. In addition, AARO continues to review the U.S. historical record relating to UAP. We welcome any former or current government civilian, contractor, or military service member with relevant information to reach out to us at www.aaro.mil. My final priority is scaling AARO’s work to match its mission. AARO needs to bolster the quantity, quality, and diversity of data that it acquires and examines. This means tapping into existing data sources within the interagency while deploying AARO’s own organic sensor capabilities. To the extent that UAP result from domain awareness gaps, more and better data will help us fill those gaps and help us understand what is being encountered. In closing, AARO is committed to the highest standards of scientific integrity. We will not foreclose on any explanation for UAP prematurely. We will continue to follow the science and data wherever they lead. We will continue to have open and frank dialogue with Congress in settings like these and also in classified briefings. We will continue to keep you fully and currently informed of all UAP information, active or historical. And finally, we will continue to share as much information as possible at the unclassified level to inform the public of AARO’s activities and its findings. Thank you for your continued support, and I look forward to your questions.028Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/26/2025
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.