“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
In its first official market research post, the Defense Department's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is looking into buying a custom case management system to handle UFO reports.| DefenseScoop
The public is largely in the dark about what’s happening with airspace vulnerabilities, and more accountability measures are needed, officials argued.| DefenseScoop
Lue Elizondo and Chris Mellon returned to the Hill last week for closed-door discussions with several lawmakers.| DefenseScoop
Sources involved in recent, high-profile campaigns to compel the Pentagon to be more diligent and transparent about UAP told DefenseScoop they’re optimistic that President Donald Trump will prioritize new and existing disclosure pursuits.| DefenseScoop
Technology, procurement and other DOD leaders under the outgoing Biden administration are actively engaging with senior members on President-elect Donald Trump’s team preparing to take over at the Pentagon after the inauguration.| DefenseScoop
Questions continue to swirl as local law enforcement and an interagency coalition investigate a still-growing caseload of thousands of tips.| DefenseScoop
The conferenced version of the fiscal 2025 NDAA would require the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office to partner with a new counter-UAS task force.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon's UAP office has officially reached full operational capability, and House Oversight and Accountability Committee members are preparing for closed-door discussions with the Pentagon's new AARO director on Dec. 6.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon's UFO office is now investigating more than 650 cases of unidentified anomalous phenomena.| 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
Senior Pentagon officials spotlighted a new office seeking to document, analyze and resolve government reports of UFO-like phenomena.| DefenseScoop
Republican lawmakers pledged to intensify their efforts to ensure transparency and enhance public awareness about how the Defense Department is handling reports and evidence of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) that might threaten U.S. national security.| DefenseScoop
Jon Kosloski is taking the helm at the Defense Department's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office is producing and refining a new deployable surveillance capability — the Gremlin System — to enable personnel to capture real-time data and more rapidly respond to unidentified anomalous phenomena incidents as they occur, the acting chief of the office told DefenseScoop during a press briefing Wednesday.| DefenseScoop
The director of the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) charged with investing UAP reports told lawmakers about findings related to the Go Fast, Puerto Rico and Mt. Etna objects.| DefenseScoop
The new director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is scheduled to meet with members of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities to discuss his organization’s activities investigating UAP.| DefenseScoop
As they continue to investigate and resolve a growing caseload of hundreds of reports about encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), officials in the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) are also launching new projects and resources to declassify materials, promote transparency and enhance collection capabilities.| DefenseScoop