Editing All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (section)

===AARO (2022–present) ===
{{anchor|AOIMSG}}{{UnitedStatesCode|50|3373}} ([[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022|NDAA 2022]] and [[James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023|NDAA 2023]]) directs the Secretary and DNI to establish an office to carry out the duties of the UAPTF.

The successor to the UAPTF was established on November 23, 2021, as the [[Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group]] (AOIMSG).<ref name= aiomsg>[[Kathleen Hicks]] [https://media.defense.gov/2021/Nov/23/2002898596/-1/-1/0/ESTABLISHMENT-OF-THE-AIRBORNE-OBJECT-IDENTIFICATION-AND-MANAGEMENT-SYNCHRONIZATION-GROUP.PDF (23 November 2021) Establishment of the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group]</ref> Oversight and direction of the AOIMSG was to be an Executive Council, formerly the Airborne Object Identification and Management Executive Council (AOIMEXEC). The AOIMEXEC was to be co-chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security ([[Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence|USD(I&S)]]) and the Director of Operations, [[Joint Staff]], and was to designate an acting director for the AOIMSG.<ref name= aiomsg/> In July 2022, DoD announced the successors to AOIMSG and AOIMEXEC to be AARO and AAROEXEC, respectively. AARO is the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The UAPTF is disestablished, with its resources transferred to AARO.<ref name= aiomsg/> {{UnitedStatesCode|50|3373a}} ([[Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022|IAA 2022]]) requires quarterly [[classified information|classified]] reporting to Congress beginning no later than June 2022.<ref name= wallai >Wallai tech [https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-735664 (28 Mar 2023) Could aliens be investigating us? It's more likely than you think] Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Avi Loeb report 7 Mar 2023 "aliens likely want to explore rocky planets with liquid water"</ref>

On August 30, 2023, the AARO's public website was launched, without an email address or phone number for military and civilian UAP reports, as previously mandated by NDAA legislation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedebrief.org/the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office-has-finally-launched-its-official-website-heres-whats-missing|title=The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Has Finally Launched Its Official Website. Here’s What’s Missing.|work=The Debrief.|access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=UFO reporting hotline is MIA |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/pentagon-ufo-reporting-00110566 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref>

On November 7, 2023, it was reported that [[Sean M. Kirkpatrick]] will step down as director of AARO effective December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seligman |first=Lara |date=2023-11-07 |title=Pentagon UFO boss to step down next month |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/07/pentagon-ufo-boss-00125883 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> Timothy A. Phillips, on assignment from the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]], is the Deputy Director.<ref name= timothyPhillips >US DoD announcement [https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3583493/department-of-defense-announces-the-deputy-director-all-domain-anomaly-resoluti/ (8 Nov 2023) Department of Defense Announces the Deputy Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office]</ref> Sean Kirkpatrick left the position of AARO Director on 1 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=Brandi |date=2023-11-30 |title=Pentagon's UAP investigation chief to depart Dec. 1 |url=https://defensescoop.com/2023/11/30/pentagons-uap-investigation-chief-to-depart-dec-1/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=DefenseScoop |language=en-US}}</ref>

On August 26, 2024, Jon T. Kosloski was named the director of AARO, replacing acting director Timothy Phillips.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Defense Announces the New Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3884318/department-of-defense-announces-the-new-director-all-domain-anomaly-resolution/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Jon T. Kosloski |url=https://www.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography/Article/3884328/dr-jon-t-kosloski/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=U.S. Department of Defense |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== 2024 AARO report ====
[[File:AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 2024.pdf|thumb|250px|Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume 1]]
On March 6, 2024, the DOD cleared for publication the AARO "Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume 1", which according to the Washington Post, "covered all official U.S. investigatory efforts from 1945 to the present and examined classified and unclassified government archives."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Shane |last2=Lamothe |first2=Dan |title=Pentagon report finds no evidence of alien visits, hidden spacecraft |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309014004/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/08/no-ufo-aliens-pentagon-report/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref>  

The report noted a “proliferation of television programmes, books, movies, and the vast amount of internet and social media content centred on UAP-related topics“ but concluded that official investigations had not found any empirical evidence that reported sightings represented “off--world technology” or any classified program that had not been reported to Congress, hidden alien technology or extraterrestrial artifacts.<ref name="Barnes">{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Julian |title=Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/08/us/politics/pentagon-ufo-alien-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU0.70yG.kYdcqyjW8N6m&smid=url-share |website=nytimes.com |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Wendling">{{cite web |last1=Wendling |first1=Mike |title=US says UFO sightings likely secret military tests |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68515515 |website=bbc.com |access-date=9 March 2024}}</ref>

The report detailed 20th-century UAP investigations, including Projects Saucer, [[Project Sign|Sign]], [[Project Grudge|Grudge]], Twinkle, and [[Project Blue Book|Blue Book]]; more recent investigations included [[AAWSAP]], [[AATIP]], UAPTF, and AARO itself.<ref>Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), pp 13-25</ref>  The report revealed for the first time that elements within the US government had proposed to create a Special Access Program under the Department of Homeland Security, to be named "Kona Blue", to reverse engineer any extraterrestrial craft that came into its possession.  Advocates of the proposal "were convinced that the U.S. government was hiding UAP technologies", but DHS leaders rejected the proposal as "without merit";  AARO's report similarly rejected the claims of Kona Blue's advocates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seligman |first1=Lara |last2=Hudson |first2=Lee |title=US once considered a program to reverse-engineer alien spacecraft, Pentagon report reveals |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/08/us-alien-spacecraft-program-pentagon-report-00146013 |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=Politico |date=8 March 2024}}</ref>