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A LL-DOMAIN  ANOMALY  RESOLUTION  OFFICE
DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 
The Defense Department’s 
UAP Mission & Civil Aviation
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director
23-F-0922

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AARO emerged from Congressional and Departmental recognition that UAP present 
complex hazards and threats across service, regional, and domain boundaries.
What is the ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 
RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)?
What outcomes does AARO aim to 
produce?
How will AARO resolve phenomena?
How are AARO’s mission 
responsibilities applicable to you?
UNIDENTIFIED 
ANOMALOUS 
PHENOMENA
UAP are sources of anomalous 
spaceborne, airborne, 
seaborne, or transmedium 
observations that are not 
yet attributable to known 
actors or causes
material, behavioral,…

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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 awar…

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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 historica…

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AARO leads integration of the Department’s UAP operations, research, analyses, and 
strategic-communications to deliver exquisite data, advanced sensors, sound analytics, 
and shared mission awareness and ownership
synchronizing and 
sequencing Theater, IC, 
and other capabilities for 
optimized, cross-
functional UAP 
detection, tracking, 
mitigation, and recovery
revealing and exploiting 
elusive and enigmatic 
signatures through 
advanced technologies 
and focused, cross-
sector partnerships
S&T Research & Application
delivering peer-reviewed 
concl…

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Educate Aviators and Crews
The subject of UAP is laden with decades 
of imprecise—and often sensational—
information
Promulgating accurate information about 
UAP, their implications to flight safety and 
national security, and our commitment to 
resolving them is foundational to our 
partnership with the community.
Sharing what UAP data is critically-
important for scientific and intelligence 
analyses allows aviators and crews to 
optimize the value of their observations 
and reporting of phenomena
Encourage Reporting
Historically, reticence to UAP re…

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about the phenomenon
UAP-event description or narrative
UAP location relative to the observer, 
with as much precision as practicable
Number of UAP-objects observed 
during the phenomenon and 
indications of intra UAP-object 
coordination and/or communication
Indications of advanced and/or 
enigmatic capabilities
UAP characteristics, including physical 
state (e.g., solid, liquid, gas, plasma); 
description (e.g., size, shape, color); 
signatures; propulsion means; payload
UAP performance envelope, including 
altitude and/or depth; travel path an…

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