DOD plans to “respond directly to the authors of the letter,” a spokesperson told DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on emerging and disruptive technologies, and associated policies, impacting the Defense Department and its personnel. Prior to joining Scoop News Group, Brandi produced a long-form documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. She grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop was briefed on how Sean Kirkpatrick has spending his final days with AARO and the new acting director's initial priorities.| 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
House lawmakers vowed Wednesday to place more pressure on the Pentagon for answers to existing and emerging questions about its growing cache of secretive unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) records after three former U.S. defense officials shared stunning accounts of potential government-concealed encounters with what they think could be craft and technologies of “non-human origin.| DefenseScoop
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks recently moved to personally oversee the Pentagon’s unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) investigation team formally known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, DefenseScoop has exclusively learned. And a new website will soon be launched where incidents can be reported.| DefenseScoop