AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick provided an update on the Pentagon's UFO-hunting work at a public NASA meeting.| DefenseScoop
“To be consistent with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), NASA will be calling UAP ‘Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena’ instead of ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,’” Katherine Rohloff, press secretary for the space agency’s Science Mission Directorate, told DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop obtained AARO’s latest report to Congress before its release late Wednesday.| DefenseScoop
DOD plans to “respond directly to the authors of the letter,” a spokesperson told DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
(Senate Armed Services Committee photo of Sean Kirkpatrick) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the Multi-Domain Effects Battalion, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, retrieve an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USVs) from the water during Arcane Thunder 25, 16 May, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jennifer Posy) | DefenseScoop
Kirkpatrick was tapped to stand-up AARO in early 2022, and has been leading the still-growing team since its origin.| DefenseScoop
Pentagon officials are warning that some allegations raised by former military and intelligence officials could deter new potential witnesses from informing its All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s ongoing investigations.| DefenseScoop
Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024. | DefenseScoop
Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024. | DefenseScoop