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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 022_SASC_Transcript_2023

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 50 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

  • p. 6 …While opening the aperture can overload 4 the real-time analytic process we cannot keep turning…
  • p. 7 …have maximum time for 5 your briefing. 6 The recent downing of the Chinese surveillance balloon…
  • p. 11 …4 The law establishing AARO is ambitious and it will take 5 time to realize the…
  • p. 13 …14 Getting to the handful of cases that pass this level of 15 scrutiny is the…
  • p. 15 …4 In the event sufficient scientific data wherever 5 obtained that a UAP encountered can only…
  • p. 19 …the first slide we will 16 show you what that looks like in real time, or…
  • p. 22 …Now, the report in 12 January basically said about half of the ones at that time…
  • p. 25 …2 In a nutshell, that is the process. So because of 3 that, that takes time…
  • p. 30 …immediate real-time response and how 16 -- they are there right there in the moment, right…
  • p. 32 …13 Senator Rosen: -- do you have the authorities you need 14 to extend your collection posture…
  • p. 36 …So USDINS and the -- I currently 6 report to USDINS until they come up with the…
  • p. 37 …We submitted the first 7 version of that before Christmas. 8 Senator Gillibrand: And do you…
  • p. 39 …time. 10 I did that. I worked with the director of Joint Staff, 11 the J2…
  • p. 43 …That is going 4 to take some time. 5 That is where the research and development…
  • p. 45 …time picking out something that is smaller 17 than a pixel on the imagery on the…
Stenographic Transcript
Before the
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
COMMITTEE ON
ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON
THE MISSION, ACTIVITIES, OVERSIGHT, AND BUDGET OF
THE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Washington, D.C.
ALDERSON COURT REPORTING
1111 14TH STREET NW
SUITE 1050
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
(202) 289-2260
www.aldersonreporting.com
All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Chief of Staff, AARO
Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107
Date: 2/6/2025
Released in Full: X
Case Number: 330UAP000022
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/6/2025
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