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This is a stenographic transcript of an April 19, 2023 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on the mission and budget of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. AARO released it in full in 2025. Director Sean Kirkpatrick testified that AARO has found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity and that most reports resolve into mundane objects. He also presented trend data and two declassified MQ-9 videos, one of which was resolved as a commuter aircraft.
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12 Scheduling@TP.One 800.FOR.DEPO www.TP.One (800.367.3376) 1 we are unable to reach defendable conclusions that meet the 2 high scientific standards we set for resolution and I will 3 not close a case that I cannot defend the conclusions of. 4 I recognize that this answer is unsatisfying to those 5 who in good faith assume that what they see with their eyes, 6 with their cameras, and with their radars is 7 incontrovertible evidence of extraordinary characteristics 8 and performance. 9 Yet, time and again with sufficient scientific quality 10 data it is fact that UAP often but not always resolve into 11 readily explainable sources. Humans are subject to 12 deception and illusions, sensors to unexpected responses and 13 malfunctions and, in some cases, intentional interference. 14 Getting to the handful of cases that pass this level of 15 scrutiny is the mission of AARO. 16 That is not to say that UAP once resolved are no longer 17 of national security interest, however. On the contrary, 18 learning that a UAP is not of exotic origin but is instead 19 just a quadcopter or a balloon leads to the question of who 20 is operating that quadcopter and to what purpose. The 21 answers to those questions will inform potential national 22 security or law enforcement responses. 23 AARO is a member of the department's support to the 24 administration's Tiger Team effort to deal with 25 stratospheric objects such as the PRC high-altitude balloon. Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/6/2025 022
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