Final Product (FOIA 24-F-0250)

January
8th,
2024
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT:
All-domain Anomaly Resolution
Office
Invitations to
Interview
Mr.
David
Grusch
1.
The
All-domain Anomaly Resolution
Office (AARO)
extended multiple invitations to
Mr.
David
Grusch
for the purpose
of
conducting
an
oral
history interview
in
support
of
the
Congressionally
directed Historical Record Report
(HRR).
Invitations,
both
direct
and
through
intermediaries,
to interview
Mr.
Grusch regarding
his
claimed knowledge
of
U.S.
Government
possession
of
extra-terrestrial
material
and
reverse-engineering
programs
were met with negativeresults.
2.
The
following
attempts
were made,
by
Director,
AARO
and
staff, to
encourage
Mr.
Grusch
to
provide
information
to
AARO,
on
the
record, and
in
an appropriately
secure environment.
The
James
M.
Inhofe National
Defense
Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year
2023
authorizes
AARO
to
receive
reporting about
U.S.
Government activities
and
events
related to
Unidentified
Anomalous Phenomena
(UAP),
regardless
of
classification
level
or
compartmentalization
of
the
information.
A.
B
Ju
ne
8
th
,
2023
and
June 13
th
,
2023,
Director,
AARO
engaged in
a
dialog
with
Persoiregarding
AARO's
authorities and
encouraged
Person
o
have
Mr.
Grusch
contact AARO. Note
that
PersoMs
a
known
close
associate of
Mr.
Grusch and
the
dialogmade
it
clear
that
Person
vas in
contact
with
Mr. Grusch.
B.
On June
12
th
and
13
th
, 2023,
Director,
AARO, discussed with
a Professional
Staff
Member
(PSM)
of
the
U.S.
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,
Mr. Grusch's refusal to speak with
AARO. The PSM
stated
that
he would
contact
Mr.
Grusch and request Mr.
Grusch's emailaddress.
The PSM made the offer
after
the Director made
it clear
that
AARO
did not have
Mr.
Grusch's contact information.
C.
On June
26
th
, 2023, AARO staff
contacted
Interviewer
d
asked for
Mr.
Grusch's
current
telephone
number
so
that
an invitation could
be
exteixiecl to
Mr.
Grusch. Interviewee
contacted
Mr. Grusch
on AARO's behalf
and an invitation was
rebuffed
by
Mr.
Grusch.
D.
On
June
28
th
,
2023,
Director, AARO contacted a
PSM with the U.S. Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence after
Mr.
Grusch's appearance before Congress
and
asked for any information,
reported
to Congress by
Mr. Grusch, that
AARO may be able to verify. The Director also
reminded the PSM
of
the agreement that
if
a witness expressed apprehension about coming to
AARO,
that
AARO would send a staff member to Congressional spaces to record the
information into the U.S. Government record in support
of
the HRR.
E.
On July
27
th
, 2023, AARO staff conducted an interview
of
Interviewee who revealed
that he would be having dinner with
Mr. Grusch the following day. AARO sta , to include the
Director, asked Interviewe to invite Mr. Grusch to contact AARO for an interview.
AARO staff made it clear that
e
interview would be conducted in a secure facility, in