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PA-AARO RoundTableTranscript 11-15-24 (FOIA 25-F-3931)

Office of the Secretary of Defense · 2024-11-15 · 40 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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  • p. 1 …jon-kosloski-director-aaro-media- roundtable-on-the-fy24-consolidated-annual/ (b)(6) Kosloski, Jon T…
  • p. 2 …1(3)(6) ',USA); Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA) Subject: Astrophysicist on skepticism of HCOA testimony…
  • p. 3 …To: (b)(6) (USA); Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA) Subject: Roundtable Transcript Attachments: 20241114_TR_Dr…
  • p. 4 …JON KOSLOSKI: Thanks, Sue. Good morning. I'm Dr. Jon Kosloski, director of the All-domain…
  • p. 5 …guys trying to accomplish with that? DR. KOSLOSKI: So it's currently deployed. We'd rather…
  • p. 6 …done or are open to doing? DR. KOSLOSKI: So we're absolutely open to meeting with…
  • p. 7 …who you aim to work with? DR. KOSLOSKI: We are going to be starting with the…
  • p. 8 …a catch 22. DR. KOSLOSKI: Right. Q: (inaudible) OK. DR. KOSLOSKI: Yes. It -- we accept that…
  • p. 9 …those near military sites and facilities? DR. KOSLOSKI: Until we get the information approved for release…
  • p. 10 …what you're describing? DR. KOSLOSKI: Correct. Q: OK. DR. KOSLOSKI: Correct. STAFF: Konstantin? Q: Thanks…
  • p. 11 …you sort of muddying the data? DR. KOSLOSKI: Yes, so that concern has been raised to…
  • p. 12 DR. KOSLOSKI: Yes. Q: I'm sorry if I've missed it before, but what is…
  • p. 13 …cases that you're speaking about? DR. KOSLOSKI: Correct, correct. Q: You said to Luis, one…
  • p. 14 …same reporting period? DR. KOSLOSKI: Yes. Engagement. Q: Right. DR. KOSLOSKI: So we're -- we have…
  • p. 15 …many people work in your office? DR. KOSLOSKI: We have several dozen folks working in the…
  • p. 16 …this with disinformation or anything else? DR. KOSLOSKI: We have not. But I am concerned that…
  • p. 17 …Kb)(6) (USA); Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA) Subject: Press Briefing Extracts Below are extracts related…
  • p. 19 …Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 7:13:00 PM To: (b)(6) USA)" 103)(6) "Kosloski…
  • p. 21 …FYSA: "Pentagon UFO office received more than 700 reports in past year" (The Hill) 1 "Kosloski…
  • p. 22 …Thursday, November 14, 2024 at 4:42:13 PM To:(b)(6) (USA)" (b)(6) "Kosloski…
  • p. 24 …said Jon Kosloski, director of AARO, in a Thursday briefing with reporters. Kosloski said the increase…
  • p. 26 …But Kosloski said that UAPs harboring breakthrough technologies remain a mystery, describing a breakthrough 6
  • p. 27 …or not it's breakthrough technology," added Kosloski. "So it's a very small percentage of…
  • p. 29 …px6) USA); Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA) Subject: RE: FYSA: "Pentagon UFO o ice received more…
  • p. 30 …tb)(6) JUSA)" p)(6) "Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA)"rb)(6) Cc: "Kozik, David A…
  • p. 31 …said Jon Kosloski, director of AARO, in a Thursday briefing with reporters. Kosloski said the increase…
  • p. 33 …But Kosloski said that UAPs harboring breakthrough technologies remain a mystery, describing a breakthrough technology as…
  • p. 35 …Gough, Susan L (Sue) CIV OSD PA (USA); Kosloski, Jon T SES (USA) Subject: Re: FYSA…
  • p. 37 …said Jon Kosloski, director of AARO, in a Thursday briefing with reporters. Kosloski said the increase…
  • p. 39 …But Kosloski said that UAPs harboring breakthrough technologies remain a mystery, describing a breakthrough technology as…
pilots and other witnesses are not reporting the same sightings
that can be explained.
AARO says besides balloons and birds, "Starlink and other
mega-constellations in low earth orbit" have led to confused
reporting.
But the report comes just one day after a House Committee on
Oversight and Accountability subcommittee heard from
witnesses that alleged the U.S. government is hiding evidence
of extraterrestrial technology.
Luis Elizondo, the former head of the now-defunct Advanced
Aerospace Threat Identification Program that investigated
UAPs, told Congress that the government is seeking to "to hide
the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos."
"Advanced technologies not made by our government — or
any other government — are monitoring sensitive military
installations around the globe," he said. "Furthermore, the
U.S. is in possession of UAP technologies, as are some of our
adversaries."
And journalist Michael Shellenberger told lawmakers that
Pentagon sources have told him about a secret program
known as Immaculate Constellation that has gathered high-
quality images of UAPs.
The testimony adds to sweeping claims made last year by
retired Maj. David Grusch, who was formerly part of the
Pentagon's UAP task force and a former intelligence officer in
the Air Force and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.
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