The Mission, Activities, Oversight, and Budget of the All - Domain Anomaly Resolution Office

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Meanwhile, for the few cases in all domains—space, air, and
sea—that do demonstrate potentially anomalous characteristics
AARO exists to help the DOD, IC, and interagency resolve those
anomalous cases.
In doing so, AARO is approaching these cases with the highest
level of objectivity and analytic rigor. This includes physically test-
ing and employing, modeling, and simulation to validate our anal-
yses and underlying theories, then peer reviewing those results
within the U.S. Government, industry partners, and appropriately
cleared academic institutions before reaching any conclusions.
I should also State clearly for the record that in our research
AARO, has found no credible evidence thus far of extraterrestrial
activity, off-world technology, or objects that defy the known laws
of physics.
In the event sufficient scientific data wherever obtained that a
UAP encountered can only be explained by extraterrestrial origin,
we are committed to working with our interagency partners at
NASA to appropriately inform U.S. Government’s leadership of its
findings.
For those few cases that have leaked to the public previously and
subsequently commented on by the U.S. Government, I encourage
those who hold alternative theories or views to submit your re-
search to credible peer-reviewed scientific journals. AARO is work-
ing very hard to do the same. That is how science works, not by
blog or social media.
We know that there is tremendous public interest in UAP and
a desire for answers from AARO. By its very nature the UAP chal-
lenge has for decades lent itself to mystery, sensationalism, and
even conspiracy.
For that reason, AARO remains committed to transparency, ac-
countability, and to sharing as much with the American public as
we can consistent with our obligation to protect not only intel-
ligence sources and methods but U.S. and allied capabilities.
However, AARO’s work will take time if we are committed to do
it right. It means adhering to the scientific method and the highest
standards of research integrity. It means being methodical and
scrupulous. It means withholding judgment in favor of evidence.
It means following the data where it leads, wherever it leads. It
means establishing scientific peer-reviewed theoretical under-
pinnings of observed data, and AARO is committed to all of those
standards.
I am proud of AARO’s progress over the last 9 months. Much re-
mains to be done, but the hard work is underway.
Thank you for your continued support. Before we turn to ques-
tions I am going to walk you through some of our analytical trends
in a couple of cases that we have prepared.
[Chart is shown.]
Dr. KIRKPATRICK. One of the things that AARO does is high-in-
tegrity analysis, as I have said. This chart represents the trend
analysis of all the cases in AARO’s holdings to date.
What you will see on the left is a histogram of all of our reported
sightings as a function of altitude. Most of our sightings occur in
the 15,000-to 25,000-foot range, and that is ultimately because that
is where a lot of our aircraft are.