AARO Archives

(L/R) US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn on the White House in Washington, DC, March 18, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

White House registers new ‘alien’-related .gov domains as DOD tackles Trump’s disclosure directive

White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told DefenseScoop in an email to “Stay tuned!” and included an alien emoji.

22 hours ago By Brandi Vincent Madison Alder

DOD UAP investigation video screenshot. — A screenshot taken of a Defense Department video released as part of an investigation by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force. (Department of Defense video)

Pentagon’s AARO quietly held an invite-only workshop to help shape the future of UAP research

The agenda and activities were designed to help participants explore best practices for collecting and storing narrative data associated with UAP sightings, and determine methods to integrate…

3 days ago By Brandi Vincent

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth provides remarks at a defense company during the Arsenal of Freedom Tour in Louisville, Colo., Feb. 23, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Madelyn Keech)

Hegseth doubles-down on Trump’s UAP disclosure promise as AARO’s caseload exceeds 2,000

Pentagon officials said they welcome the Trump administration’s plan to supercharge UAP transparency.

Feb 25, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Transparency proponents meet Trump’s UAP disclosure tease with hope — and caution

Multiple officials who have been involved for years in influential U.S. government disclosure efforts said they’ll remain skeptical until the second Trump administration generates tangible results.

Feb 20, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset as an excessive heat wave takes over the region on June 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Congress wants to know more about the military’s UAP intercepts around North America

The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes three provisions that would impact DOD's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

Dec 10, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Aug. 7 to Aug. 15. (Image Credit: NASA/SPHEREx)

NASA releases new high-res images of 3I/ATLAS after government shutdown delay

Senior officials supplied new details and pictures of the interstellar object at a highly anticipated event this week.

Nov 20, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Hubble photographed the comet on July 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from Earth. Hubble shows that the comet has a teardrop-shaped cocoon of dust coming off its solid, icy nucleus. Because Hubble was tracking the comet moving along a hyperbolic trajectory, the stationary background stars are streaked in the exposure. [Credit — Image: NASA, ESA, David Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)]

US government grapples with questions about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS amid shutdown

NASA experts are set to connect with at least one congressional lawmaker about the mysterious object this week.

Nov 4, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

Witnesses prepare to testify before the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets at the U.S. Capitol on September 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Military whistleblowers share new evidence of alleged UAP at transparency hearing

Tuesday marked the first UAP-focused hearing convened by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.

Sep 9, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee on May 17, 2022, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared a video of a US. Naval aviator encounter with an unknown object in a fleeting pass. This image is a screen capture of the UAP observed in a video of the flyby captured by the pilot in the cockpit of a Navy fighter jet. (DVIDS)

UAP disclosure advocates call for expanded reforms in fiscal 2026 NDAA

A Senate committee draft of the annual defense policy bill includes three provisions that would impact the Pentagon's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).

Jul 29, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024.

Pentagon’s UAP investigators exploring new options to better track and manage confidential reports

The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office is looking into buying a custom case management system to handle UFO reports.

May 21, 2025 By Brandi Vincent