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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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5 Scheduling@TP.One 800.FOR.DEPO www.TP.One (800.367.3376) 1 disclosed that filters on radar systems were adjusted to 2 allow for detection and tracking of diverse sets of objects 3 for the first time. While opening the aperture can overload 4 the real-time analytic process we cannot keep turning a 5 blind eye to surveillance data that is critical to detecting 6 and tracking UAP. 7 We need to know whether Dr. Kirkpatrick could achieve 8 the necessary control over sensor filters and the storage 9 and access to raw surveillance data to find UAP anomalies. 10 Finally, one of the tasks Congress set for AARO is 11 serving as an open door for witnesses of UAP events or 12 participants in government activities related to UAPs to 13 come forward securely and disclose what they know without 14 fear of retribution for any possible violations of 15 previously signed nondisclosure agreements. 16 Congress mandated that AARO set up a publicly 17 discoverable and accessible process for safe disclosure. 18 While we know that AARO has already conducted a significant 19 number of interviews, many referred by Congress, we need to 20 set up a public process that -- and we need to know where 21 that effort stands. 22 With that, I would like to turn to Senator Ernst for 23 her opening statement. 24 25 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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