All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

<p>The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is an office within the United States <a href="/facts/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense/W4tDcewJ">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> that investigates <a href="/facts/Unidentified_flying_object/EcXogHdh">unidentified flying objects</a> (UFOs) and other phenomena in the air, sea, and/or space and/or on land: sometimes referred to as "unidentified aerial phenomena" or "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP). Its first director was physicist <a href="/facts/Sean_M._Kirkpatrick/tXCe30tl">Sean Kirkpatrick</a>, and its current director is Jon T. Kosloski who reports to Deputy Defense Secretary <a href="/facts/Kathleen_Hicks/hF3bE7eV">Kathleen Hicks</a>.
</p><p>Established in 2022, AARO was preceded by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), a 2020 to 2021 program within the <a href="/facts/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence/9HFxz6V3">Office of Naval Intelligence</a> used to "standardize collection and reporting" of sightings of UFOs. UAPTF was detailed in a June 2020 hearing of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence/RvreNP4e">United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a>. The UAPTF <a href="/facts/UFO_Report_(U.S._Intelligence)/9Wc9tt0s">issued a preliminary report</a> in June 2021. <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a>'s <a href="/facts/NASA%2527s_UAP_independent_study_team/oasIHAmp">UAP independent study team</a> held a public meeting in June 2023 showing further UAP footage released by AARO. In March 2024, AARO released a report titled "Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume I", which found "no empirical evidence" of alien technology.
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All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office