28_Open_Hearing_Brief.pdf

Statement for the Record 
Dr. Jon Kosloski, Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities 
November 19, 2024 
Thank you, Chairwoman Gillibrand, Ranking Member Ernst, and distinguished members of the 
subcommittee. It is a pleasure to be here on behalf of the Department of Defense as the new 
Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.  I appreciate the opportunity to provide a 
status update on AARO’s work and respond to your questions about unidentified anomalous 
phenomena, or UAP.  
On behalf of the departme…

To date, AARO has over 1,600 UAP reports in its holdings from across the U.S. government. I’ll 
share a slide in just a few minutes of updated UAP analytic trends. You’ll see that many reports 
resolve to commonplace objects like birds, balloons, and unmanned systems, while others lack 
sufficient data for comprehensive analysis. Only a very small percentage of reports AARO 
receives are potentially anomalous; these are the cases that require significant time, resources, 
and a focused scientific inquiry by AARO and its wide network of partners. It is important to 
underscore that, to date, AA…

appropriate committees in Congress that are authorized by the law or House and Senate 
leadership to receive the information.  
It is important to note that AARO does not unilaterally declassify information. Instead, we work 
with the originator of a classified record to ensure that declassifying that record does not 
inadvertently harm national security. This can take time. Nonetheless, the Department is 
committed to declassifying and publicly sharing more information on UAP, while protecting 
sensitive sources and methods.  I’ll be sharing some newly declassified imagery in just a few 
minu…