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

U.S. Senate · 2023-04-19 · 26 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 7 …As Members know, your office evolved from the Navy-led Uniden- tified Aerial Phenomena Task Force…
  • p. 8 …military personnel, specifically Navy and Air Force pilots. The law establishing AARO is ambitious and it…
  • p. 17 …Previously, I used to be the Defense Department’s intelligence of- ficer for science and technical…
  • p. 18 …As a result, in 2019, the Navy established a protocol for pilots to report on their…
  • p. 19 …Kirkpatrick, will you help us write that language so we can put it in the defense…
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APRIL 19, 2023
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THE MISSION, ACTIVITIES, OVERSIGHT, AND BUDGET OF THE ALL-DOMAIN
ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE ............................................................................ 1
MEMBERS STATEMENTS
Statement of Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand .......................................................... 1
Statement of Senator Joni Ernst ............................................................................ 3
WITNESS STATEMENTS
Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, Director, All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office ...... 3
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