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This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (25-F-3931) holds Public Affairs emails from November 14 and 15, 2024, plus the transcript of a media roundtable with AARO Director Jon Kosloski on the FY24 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP. Kosloski said AARO had received over 1,600 reports and found no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology. He said the Langley incidents were UAV activity. The release also includes a Hill article covering the report.
The Pentagon's UFO office has received more than 700 reports, a newly declassified assessment reveals. It's a dramatic increase in witness sightings and accounts that adds to a growing list and comes as former Defense Department officials claim the U.S. has technology far beyond human capabilities. The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received 757 reports of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) from May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024, according to a report declassified on Thursday. During that time period, 485 sightings or accounts were reported, while the rest were sightings from 2021 and 2022 that were not previously filed. From May 2023 to June 2024, AARO resolved just 118 cases, attributing them to balloons, birds and drones, while another 174 are queued for closure. While AARO is investigating a total of 1,652 cases, the office said in the report that it has "discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology," a point officials also made in a sprawling report over the spring that looked at historical cases. "There are definitely anomalies, but we have not been able to draw the link to extra-terrestrial," said Jon Kosloski, director of AARO, in a Thursday briefing with reporters. Kosloski said the increase in cases is because of greater engagement and reporting, not necessarily more UAP activity. He also said there is going to be more AARO education so 4
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