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AARO

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon's UAP office since July 2022. Its 2024 historical report concluded there was no evidence of a crash-retrieval program, a conclusion that Grusch's supporters and members of Congress publicly rejected and that fueled calls for an independent review board.

On the record

  • AARO's case reports and its 2024 historical record report.
  • 2026 triangle memo for record (DOW-UAP-D176, PURSUE Release 07).
  • The SancorP Consulting support contract, $1,915,834.08 (The Black Vault, September 2023), with its scope as written.
  • The DoD Inspector General's January 2024 finding that DoD has no overarching UAP policy.

Claims (14)

That AARO was set up to contain disclosure rather than lead it.speculationSourced, unconfirmedbelievers
An AARO Memorandum for Record (DOW-UAP-D176, 2026) records the witness debrief of federal agents who saw a silent, lightless, matte-black triangle 13-15 ft across over a national-security site in the western US, with no conclusion; the war.gov page says AARO thinks it 'warrant[s] further investigation'.The 2026 black trianglePURSUE Release 07 (war.gov, 23 October 2026)firsthandOn the recordDOW-UAP-D176 and the war.gov Release 07 page
SancorP Consulting was awarded $1,915,834.08 for AARO support. The listed scope is executive and administrative support, strategy and policy, congressional and public affairs, and FOIA support.The Modern Day UFO Disinformation Agent - Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's LiesfirsthandOn the recordDoD contract award (The Black Vault, Sep 2023)
SancorP 'specialises in stopping leaks and preventing whistleblowers'. The contract scope as written does not say so.The Modern Day UFO Disinformation Agent - Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's LiesspeculationLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
'DoD has no overarching UAP policy and lacks assurance that national security and flight safety threats to the United States from UAP have been identified and mitigated.'The Modern Day UFO Disinformation Agent - Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's LiesfirsthandOn the recordDoD Office of Inspector General evaluation (Jan 2024)
AARO reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security; by April 2023 it had analysed about 650 cases with no published reports.The Modern Day UFO Disinformation Agent - Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick's LiesanalysisSourced, unconfirmedUAP Gerb (Sam)
AARO refused Kyle Warfel's request to amend his statement from 'extraterrestrial' to 'non-human'.Sept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings RecapHearing, 2025secondhandSourced, unconfirmedDylan Borland (hearing)
AARO never took his testimony, and the ICIG 'only wanted to find out what he knew'.Sept 2025 House Oversight Committee UFO Hearings RecapHearing, 2025firsthandSourced, unconfirmedDylan Borland (hearing, 9 Sep 2025)
A deputy at AARO told podcasters off the record that AARO had been in contact with the Vatican.David Grusch Fox Interview, Age of Disclosure, Sandia, Current Research, & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)
AARO under Moultrie took SANCORP information and perception management contracts at its founding, and testimony is classified on receipt inside DoD's own classification chain.Air Force Hidden Wing, Admin & the UFO Files, "It's Probably Nothing" tour, & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveRonald MoultrieanalysisSourced, unconfirmedUAP Gerb (Sam)
'We do not want to see sUAS added to AARO's portfolio.'UFO File Drop 1, Manhattan Project 2.0, Greer NPC, Highlighting Gatekeepers & QnA - UAP Gerb LivefirsthandOn the recordSusan Gough, email of 6 Mar 2024 (DoD FOIA release)
One career SES official has been both Director of Congressional Activities in OUSD(I&S) and chief of the ASD(Legislative Affairs) intelligence team since at least August 2020; his name is in the emails AARO used to say Grusch ignored its invitations.UFO File Drop 1, Manhattan Project 2.0, Greer NPC, Highlighting Gatekeepers & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveanalysisSourced, unconfirmedFOIA emails and org charts (Rob Jones)
This official has been the working-level gatekeeper between the UAP subject and Congress since at least December 2017, through one liaison office, the undefined terms of FY2024 NDAA section 1687, a database of congressional requests, and dual authority.UFO File Drop 1, Manhattan Project 2.0, Greer NPC, Highlighting Gatekeepers & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveUAP Disclosure ActspeculationLeadRob Jones (co-host)
Grusch gave AARO a list of hostile witnesses in early 2025, and AARO has not followed up.The State of Disclosure, Hanging with Ross Coulthart, Current Events & QnA - UAP Gerb LiveDavid GruschanonymousLeadUAP Gerb (Sam)

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National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC) orgKirsten Gillibrand personMichael Herrera personRonald Moultrie personSean Kirkpatrick personAARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (March 2024) documentJapan's Diet on UAP, 2014–2024 documentKirkpatrick's SPACECOM meeting on 'UAP response and recovery' (January 2023) documentExploring Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena Through Instrumented Field Studies: Historical Insights, Current Challenges, and Future Directions documentThe new science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP) documentUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Independent Study Team Report documentAcademic freedom and the unknown: credibility, criticism, and inquiry among the professoriate documentPURSUE Release 07 (war.gov, 23 October 2026) document

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