DefenseScoop obtained AARO’s latest report to Congress before its release late Wednesday.| DefenseScoop
Christopher Mellon, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for intelligence, briefs lawmakers and attendees during an event hosted on Capitol Hill by the UAP Disclosure Fund and the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Photo by DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent.| DefenseScoop
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
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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
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
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
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