2024-11-19_SASC_ETC_Subcom_AARO_Open_Transcript.pdf

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Before the 
 
 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities 
 
 
COMMITTEE ON  
ARMED SERVICES 
 
 
UNITED STATES SENATE 
 
 
TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-
DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE 
 
 
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 
 
Washington, D.C. 
 
 
 
ALDERSON COURT REPORTING 
1029 VERMONT AVE, NW 
10TH FLOOR 
WASHINGTON, DC 20005  
(202) 289-2260 
www.aldersonreporting.com 

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  TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ALL-DOMAIN
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                  ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
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                 Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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                              U.S. Senate
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                              Committee on Armed Services
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                              Subcommittee on Emerging
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                              Threats and Capabilities
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                              Washington, D.C.
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     The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 4:30 p.m. in
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Room SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Bui…

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      OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. KRISTEN GILLIBRAND, U.S.
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SENATOR FROM NEW YORK
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     Senator Gillibrand:  This hearing will come to order.
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I would like to first thank our witness, Dr. Jon Kosloski,
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for testifying.  He is our newly appointed Director of the
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All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, an office
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Congress established in the fiscal year 2022 NDAA, to
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investigate the very serious problem of unidentified
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anomalous phenomenon, or UAP.
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     Dr. Kosloski comes to AARO from the Research
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releasing the first volume of a historical record report in
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March of this year.  These public documents help highlight
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the challenges still facing this office, including the lack
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of timely and actionable sensor data, the need to revisit
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cases placed in the active archive, and the importance of
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improving reporting sources, both in the interagency and
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internationally.
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     In this hearing I want to probe a series of specific
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issues.  First, as incidents at Langley and elsewhere have
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demonstrated, unmanned ae…

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cases.  However, I believe it is important to acknowledge
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ongoing public interest in the Nimitz incident, the GIMBAL
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video, and other prominent UAP cases, and for AARO to share
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what it can about those cases, as well.
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     It is also important that AARO speak to unresolved
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cases and what types of anomalous activity have merited
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further analysis.  And while I know AARO has gone through a
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period of transition over the past year, it is important to
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share these disclosures, both resolved and unresolved cases,
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opening statement.
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      OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JONI ERNST, U.S. SENATOR
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FROM IOWA
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     Senator Ernst:  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you,
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Dr. Kosloski.  Our hearing today is about identifying UAPs
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and understanding their potential implications, which could
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range from technological advancements to potential threats
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to our national security.  Are these phenomena tied to
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foreign adversaries such as China or Russia, leveraging
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advanced technologies beyond our current capabilities, or do
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     Senator Gillibrand:  Dr. Kosloski, please make your
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