AARO Brief ATB
AI Summary
The AARO Brief outlines the mission and responsibilities of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) within the U.S. Department of Defense, focusing on the identification and resolution of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) that pose potential threats to national security.
Key Findings
- AARO aims to minimize technical and intelligence surprises related to UAP. - The office integrates operational, scientific, and intelligence capabilities to address UAP. - UAP are defined as observations that are not attributable to known actors or causes. - The presence of UAP near U.S. military facilities raises safety and security concerns. - AARO emphasizes the importance of collaboration with the aviation community for effective UAP reporting and analysis.
OCR Text
ALL- DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of Defense & Office of the Director of National Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED The Defense Department’s UAP Mission & Civil Aviation Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. Director 023 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/06/2025 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 02/06/2025 Released in Full: ____X___; Released in Part ___ Case Number: 330UAP000023 2 DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 U.S. Department of Defense & Office of the Director of National Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AARO emerged from Congressional and Departmental recognition that UAP present complex hazardsand threatsacross service, regional, and domain boundaries. What is the ALL-DOMAINANOMALY RESOLUTIONOFFICE(AARO)? What outcomes does AARO aim to produc e? How will AARO resolve phenomena? How are AARO’s mission r espo nsibilities applicable to you? Anomalous observation smaterial, behavioral, or capability attributes perceived to be beyond known performance envelops UNIDENTIFIEDANOMALOUSPHENOMENA UAPare sources of anomalous spaceborne, airborne, seaborne, or transmedium observations that are not yet attributable to known actors or causes 023 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY 24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/06/2025 3 DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 U.S. Department of Defense & Office of the Director of National Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AARO is a uniquely-capable, Defense Department organization that integrates operational,scientific, and intelligencecapabilities to resolve UAP. our mission minimize technical and intelligence surprise, by synchronizing scientific, intelligence, and operational detection, identification, attribution, and mitigation of unidentified, anomalous objects in the vicinity of national security areas our vision unidentified, anomalous objects are effectively and efficiently detected, tracked, analyzed, and managed by way of normalized DoD, IC, and civil business practices; by adherence to the highest scientific and intelligence-tradecraft standards; and with greater transparency and shared awareness key scientific and intelligence questions Physical, technical, behavioral, and contextual characteristicsof phenomena, their composition, and their movement Capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilitiesof phenomena and any assessed technological gap between phenomena and the United States Indications and characteristics of hazards, risksand/or threatsby phenomena to the United States, its people, its equities, and/or its instruments of national power Attributionof phenomena to natural and/or artificial sources Indications of foreign observation of and reaction to phenomena The dispositionof observed phenomena 023 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/06/2025 4 DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 U.S. Department of Defense & Office of the Director of National Intelligence UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED The potentially ubiquitous presence of UAP defines the national-security implications and drives the broad range ofstakeholders and demand for rigorous scientific understanding of and intelligence on phenomena US Territory & Operating Areas DoD observations and reporting of UAP most often in the vicinity of US military facilities and operating areas Threats to the immediate safety of US citizens and Government facilities, across domains, is priority Safety and security risks of UAP heighten US Government awareness and drives research and mitigation efforts Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, DoJ, NASA, FAA US Strategic Capabilities Reporting on UAP proximity to strategic capabilities and critical infrastructure primarily historical; analysis limited by information currency and source reliability Consequence of UAP in the vicinity of strategic capabilities is high, potentially threatening strategic deterrence and safety of civil society DoD strengthening observations and reporting capabilities near US strategic capabilities and critical infrastructure Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, DoE and NNSA, DoJ, DHS Reporting on UAP activity in foreign territory or operating areas limited by source reliability Consequence of such moderate-to- high, potentially leading to adversarial misattribution of UAP to the United States Allies and strategic competitors apply resources to observe, identify, and attribute UAP (open source) Key partners and stakeholders include DoD, IC, STATE, international partners 023 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/06/2025 …
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