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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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38 Scheduling@TP.One 800.FOR.DEPO www.TP.One (800.367.3376) 1 What can you tell us that is going on behind the scenes 2 from your perspective, and in the after action assessment 3 process is there awareness that there is a need to operate 4 differently in the future and a commitment to doing so? 5 Mr. Kirkpatrick: When the -- when the objects were 6 first detected I got called by Joint Staff leadership to 7 come in late one night to review events as they were 8 unfolding and to give them an assessment based on what we 9 knew at that time. 10 I did that. I worked with the director of Joint Staff, 11 the J2 and the J3 that night and over the couple of 12 following days on what are the types of things that we are 13 tracking from an unidentified object perspective, what 14 databases do we use those sorts of things for known objects, 15 known tracking. 16 Beyond that, the response I would have to -- I would 17 have to refer you back to the White House for the decision 18 on how they did the response. We did not play a role in 19 what you would respond other than that initial advice on 20 what we are seeing and how we are seeing it. 21 Senator Gillibrand: Thank you. 22 Senator Ernst? 23 Senator Ernst: Thank you, Madam Chair. 24 Dr. Kirkpatrick, I know that your office has gotten a 25 lot of attention recently and, of course, any new agency 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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