03_2024_DGI_Mission_Brief.pdf

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 
RESOLUTION OFFICE
The U.S. Defense Department & The UAP Mission 
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Last updated: February 2024
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All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Chief of Staff, AARO
Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107
Date: 2/5/2025
Released in Full: X
Case Number: 330UAP000003
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/5/2025

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UNIDENTIFIED ANOMALOUS PHENOMENA
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) are sources of 
anomalous detections in one or more domains (i.e., airborne, 
seaborne, spaceborne, and/or transmedium) that are not yet 
attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors that 
are not readily understood by sensors or observers. 
“Anomalous detections” include, but are not limited to, phenomena 
that demonstrate apparent capabilities or material that exceed 
known performance envelopes.  
A UAP may consist of one or more unidentified anomal…

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MISSION, VISION, & FUNCTION
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.
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 stand…

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AARO INTEGRATED OPERATIONS
KEY AARO       
OPERATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
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Developed operational framework,
strategy, and guidance for the
department.
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Designed operational prioritization
schema.
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Developed process for authorized
disclosure of UAP and UAP-related
programs.
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Created means for intra-government
UAP reporting.
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Participated in UAP operations,
detecting anomalies in the vicinity of
special-use airspace.
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Securely interviewed individuals
regarding potential UAP and UAP-
related programs.
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Ingested and curated U…

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AARO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Revealing and exploiting elusive and enigmatic signatures through advanced sensing technologies and focused, cross-sector partnerships.
KEY AARO S&T ACHIEVEMENTS
Established community of interest with
key government, academic, and
industry partners.
Guided design and deployment of
sensors engineered for detecting,
tracking, and identifying phenomena.
Applied scientific analyses to emerging
and existing UAP reporting, introduced
scientific method, and helped resolve
complex cases.
Identified and integrate…

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AARO STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
Driving shared awareness across mission partners, oversight authorities, and stakeholders—normalizing cross-sector partnerships and building trust 
with transparency.
KEY AARO       
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS 
ACHIEVEMENTS
Bolstered intra-government
collaboration and coordinated
messaging on UAP.
Launched the aaro.mil website to
inform and engage the public about
UAP and AARO’s work.
Familiarized foreign partners with
AARO’s mission.
Promoted transparency through
increased engagement with
Congress, the …

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AARO INTEGRATED ANALYSIS
KEY AARO ANALYTIC 
ACHIEVEMENTS
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Developed Analytic framework.
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Designed analytic prioritization
schema.
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Applied new analytic framework to
emerging and existing UAP reporting,
introduced rigorous intelligence
tradecraft, reconciled intelligence
and scientific conclusions, and
resolved complex cases.
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Familiarized intelligence consumers
with AARO’s mission, its relevance to
the components, and its
information requirements.
INTEGRATED ANALYTIC STRATEGY
Leads an integrated DoD, IC, and S&T commun…

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UAP ANALYTIC TRENDS
AARO analyses confirm only a very small percentage of UAP reports display anomalous signatures.  The majority of unidentified objects reported to 
AARO demonstrate ordinary characteristics of readily-explainable sources.
DATA PAUCITY CONTINUES TO 
CHALLENGE ANALYSES
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Large number of cases in AARO's
holdings remain technically unresolved
because of a lack of verifiable data.
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Quality, empirical data is necessary for
AARO’s adherence to the scientific
method and intelligence tradecraft,
modeling, simulation, and pee…