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AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · 2024-03 · 63 pages · text from the file's own layer

The Department of Defense All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office issued Volume I of its Historical Record Report in February 2024. It reviews U.S. Government UAP investigations since 1945, drawing on classified and unclassified archives and about 30 interviews. AARO found no evidence that any sighting represented extraterrestrial technology and no empirical evidence of reverse-engineering programs, attributing such claims to misidentified sensitive programs, the unapproved KONA BLUE proposal and circular reporting. It also found an alleged crash sample to be an ordinary terrestrial alloy.

  • p. 2 …Accounts of USG UAP Investigatory Programs Since 1945 ............................................. 13 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 13 Project SAUCER (1946/1947–January…
  • p. 3 …Assessment of Interviewee Claims of USG Involvement in Hidden UAP Programs ......... 28 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 28 Primary Narrative…
  • p. 6 …In completing this report, AARO reviewed all official USG investigatory efforts since 1945, researched classified and…
  • p. 7 …Executive Summary AARO found no evidence that any USG investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review…
  • p. 8 …the testing of extraterrestrial technology at a USG facility almost certainly was an observation of an…
  • p. 9 …AARO assesses that the inaccurate claim that the USG is reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology and is…
  • p. 10 10 • The aggregate findings of all USG investigations to date have not found even one case…
  • p. 11 …AARO interviewed approximately 30 people who claimed to have insight into alleged USG involvement in off…
  • p. 12 …These LOEs were to: • Conduct open-source research on claims (through historical interviews) about USG investigations…
  • p. 13 …Accounts of USG UAP Investigatory Programs Since 1945 Summary AARO reviewed official USG efforts involving UFOs…
  • p. 17 …They recommended the USG use various channels to debunk UFO reports and suggested monitoring domestic UFO…
  • p. 20 …scientific research in terms of academic or USG-sponsored research and in secondary schools. The panel…
  • p. 21 …Advisor Sandy Berger to determine if the USG held aliens or alien technology. President Clinton said…
  • p. 22 22 up” by the USG. Rather, the materials recovered near Roswell were consistent with a balloon…
  • p. 24 …national security; and (5) consistent consolidation of reports from across the USG, standardized reporting, increased collection…
  • p. 25 …Simons Foundation and included members from the USG, academia, and the private sector.74 Results: NASA…
  • p. 27 …Key Findings • None of these investigations (including USG, foreign, and U.S. academic efforts) reached the…
  • p. 28 …Assessment of Interviewee Claims of USG Involvement in Hidden UAP Programs Summary As of September 17…
  • p. 31 …possession of the resultant material by the USG and the private sector, and the attempt to…
  • p. 32 …off-world technology in possession of the USG, a private contractor, or any other foreign or…
  • p. 33 …Investigation into Named USG Sensitive Programs Summary AARO investigated numerous named, and described, but unnamed programs…
  • p. 34 …Findings One Private Program Mistaken for USG Program AARO determined that the following alleged USG program…
  • p. 35 …KONA BLUE’s advocates were convinced that the USG was hiding UAP technologies. They believed that…
  • p. 36 …It has determined that modern allegations that the USG is hiding off-world technology and beings…
  • p. 37 …Secrecy The USG’s need to maintain secrecy to protect classified information about intelligence sources and…
  • p. 38 …Perceived Deception There is a conviction among some Americans that the USG has conducted a deception…
  • p. 39 …population that the USG has not been truthful regarding knowledge of extraterrestrial craft.128 Popular Culture…
  • p. 41 …USAF took over the project in 1958 when Avro offered it to the USG, when it…
  • p. 43 …The USG acquired and operated a number of systems for a range of missions including intelligence…
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Results: The NAS review concluded that, “We are unanimous in the opinion that this
has been a very credible effort to apply…techniques of science to the solution of the UFO
problem.”51
Carter Administration Tasking to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(1977)
Background: Dr. Frank Press, Science Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, sent a letter
to Dr. Robert Frosch, NASA Administrator, on July 21, 1977, suggesting that a panel be formed
by NASA to see if there had been any new significant findings on UFOs since the Condon
Report.
Results: Five months later, NASA responded by stating that it was not warranted “to
establish a research activity in this area or to convene a symposium on the subject.”52
Roswell Investigations/Inquiries (1992-2001)
President Clinton and Chief of Staff Podesta Inquire about Roswell (1992 – 2001)
The Roswell Report: Fact versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert (1995)
The GAO Roswell Report (1995)
The Roswell Report: Case Closed (1997)
Background: According to press reports, President Clinton tasked former National
Security Advisor Sandy Berger to determine if the USG held aliens or alien technology.
President Clinton said, “As far as I know, an alien spacecraft did not crash in Roswell, New
Mexico, in 1947…if the USAF did recover alien bodies, they didn't tell me about it…and I want
to know.”53
In 1993, Congressman Steven H. Schiff (R-New Mexico) made inquiries about the
Roswell incident to DoD. The Roswell incident refers to the July 1947 recovery of metallic and
rubber debris from a crashed military balloon near Roswell Army Air Field personnel that
sparked conspiracy theories and claims that the debris was from an alien spaceship and part of a
USG cover-up. He asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) (subsequently renamed the
Government Accountability Office) to determine the requirements for reporting air accidents,
such as the crash near Roswell, and to identify any government records concerning the Roswell
crash.54
The USAF conducted a systematic search of numerous archives and records centers in
support of GAO’s audit of Roswell. As part of this review, the USAF also interviewed
numerous people who may have had knowledge of the events. Secretary of the Air Force Sheila
E. Widnall released them from any security obligations that may have restricted the sharing of
information. The USAF then published The Roswell Report in 1995, which included: “The
Report of the U.S. Air Force Research Regarding the ‘Roswell Incident’” by Col Richard L.
Weaver, and the “Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings” by 1st Lt James McAndrew. 55
Results: The report stated that the USAF’s research did not locate or develop any
information that indicated the “Roswell Incident” was a UFO event, nor was there any “cover-

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