AARO_Brief_Transportation_Research_Board_2023-01-11.pdf

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

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DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 
U.S. Department of Defense &
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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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?
Anomalous observation smaterial, behavioral, or capability attributes perceived to be beyond known 
perf…

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Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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AARO is a uniquely-capable, Defense Department organization that integrates 
operational, scientific, and intelligence capabilities 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 effect…

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DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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The potentially ubiquitous presence of UAP defines the national-security
implications and drives the broad range of stakeholders 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 pr…

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U.S. Department of Defense &
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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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
Integrated-Operations
revealing and exploiting 
elusive and enigmatic 
signatures throu…

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Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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Our mission success and our ability to contribute to 
aviation safety depends on observations and insights 
from the aviation community
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.
Sh…

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DoD PPR Approved Slide, Case 23-S-0802 
U.S. Department of Defense &
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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What kind of information would be necessary and
sufficient for UAP analyses?
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., soli…

U.S. Department of Defense &
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director