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This is the transcript of an April 19, 2023 hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. AARO Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick testified on the office's mission, budget, data collection and review of the historical record. He said AARO had found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity or off-world technology. He also presented trend data and two declassified MQ-9 videos, and one of them was resolved as a commuter aircraft.
COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES JACK REED, Rhode Island, Chairman JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, Connecticut MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii TIM KAINE, Virginia ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Maine ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts GARY C. PETERS, Michigan JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois JACKY ROSEN, Nevada MARK KELLY, Arizona ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi DEB FISCHER, Nebraska TOM COTTON, Arkansas MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota JONI ERNST, Iowa DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota RICK SCOTT, Florida TOMMY TUBERVILLE, Alabama MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma TED BUDD, North Carolina ERIC SCHMITT, Missouri ELIZABETH L. KING, Staff Director JOHN P. KEAST, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York, Chairman JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts GARY C. PETERS, Michigan JACKY ROSEN, Nevada MARK KELLY, Arizona JONI ERNST, Iowa TOM COTTON, Arkansas MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma TED BUDD, North Carolina ERIC SCHMITT, Missouri (II)
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