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

has successfully resolved hundreds of cases in its holdings to commonplace objects such as
balloons, birds, drones, satellites and aircraft.
Meanwhile, over 900 reports lack sufficient data for -- scientific data for analysis and are
retained in our active archive. These cases may be reopened and resolved, should additional
information emerge to support analysis. I want to emphasize that although only a very small
percentage of reports to AARO are potentially anomalous, these are the cases that require
significant time, resources and a focused scientific inquiry by AARO and its partners.
It is also important to underscore that to date, AARO has discovered no verifiable evidence of
extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology. None of the cases resolved by AARO have pointed
to advanced capabilities or breakthrough technologies. It is also worth noting that AARO
continues to see a geographic bias of UAP reports near U.S. military assets and sensors.
However, this bias has been mitigated somewhat by an increase in commercial pilot reporting in
the continental United States. AARO is working closely with the services to implement existing
reporting guidance while expanding UAP reporting to more of the interagency. Meanwhile,
AARO continues to review the U.S. historical record relating to UAP and will release a second
volume of its congressionally directed Historical Record Report.
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. For every UAP report,
operational or historical, AARO will follow the science and data wherever they lead. And we are
committed to sharing as much information as possible at the unclassified level to inform the
public of our activities and findings. With that, I'll take your questions.
STAFF: Brandi?
Q: Thanks. Thank you so much for doing this. I'm Brandi Vincent with Defense Scoop. One
question on the report and then a follow-up. It noted that the next step for Gremlin, the
Gremlin capability, is conducting a 90-day pattern of life collection at a national security site.
Where is that going to be? How did you pick that location? And what ultimately are you guys
trying to accomplish with that?
DR. KOSLOSKI: So it's currently deployed. We'd rather not say exactly where it is because we
want it to be an unbiased test and don't want to invite folks to come and do flyovers and test
against the system. We chose that specific location because of the environment. We expect
there to be a lot of variety in the types of things that we're going to see. And there had been
UAP reports in that general area.
And we're trying to build a baseline. So, right now, we have this geographic bias where we are
getting reports near the national security sites. But we also have a bias from pilots and other
security personnel. So we want to have a better understanding of what normal looks like near