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This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (24-F-0893) collects Pentagon public affairs and legislative affairs emails from March 4 to 6, 2024. They include a Scientific American editor's request to join the press list for an AARO media event and a daily press operations summary. The file also holds readouts of Hill briefings. Acting AARO Director Tim Phillips and Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick briefed congressional staff on the Historical Record Report, including KONA BLUE. A separate SASC briefing covered drone incursions at JBLE in December.
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narratives related to UAP based on the review. The staff were appreciative of the information and thanked the panel for the time. Session 2: TS//SCI Brief to Intelligence and Defense Committee PSMs; 1400 - 1530 This session was also well attended. 24 PSMs representing all six of the invited committees joined the session. SSCI Minority Staff Director Brian Walsh stayed for the second session. Mr. Phillips again delivered his opening remarks and presented from prepared slides to convey the key findings from the report and provide amplifying detail. Staff be an asking questions early on and Mr. Phillips, Dr. Kirkpatrick, and fielded questions as they came up, referring to the slides as needed. PSM questions varied, but recurring themes centered on the number of total people interviewed versus contacted over the course of the review and the supporting documentation, locations visited as part of the review, and plans for future UAPs. Staff also asked numerous questions about the programs highlighted during the presentation to include KONA BLUE. At the end of the session, PSMs thanked the panel for their time and the information. Rheanne Wirkkala Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (b)(6) Office: (b)(6) I Tandberg: (b)(6) Original Message From: King, Heather SES SD (b)(6) Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10:19 AM To: Meagher, Christopher M SES (USA) (b)(6) Waibel, Carlie S SES (USA) l(b)(6) Cc: Wirkkala, Rheanne E HON OSD OASD LA (USA) (b)(6) Mancinelli, Thomas J SES OSD OASD LA (USA) (b)(6) Magsamen, Kelly E SES (USA) (b)(6) Zier, Caroline G SES OSD OUSD POLICY (USA) Yayboke, Erol K SES (USA) Subject: Following up from Unders (b)(6) (b)(6) Chris / Carlie, Following up from Unders a bit ago - the Deputy asked us to flag for you that the Langley topic re: Breaking Defense may be connected to the AARO rollout that occurred this week. Understand there were hill briefings on UAP led by Tim Phillips (Acting Director of AARO). Now that those hill briefings have occurred, there may be more individuals who are tracking Langley. She asked that we flag for you all and that you get a readout of those hill engagements. Copying Rheanne and Tom here too in case they have color/context! Thanks! Heather
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