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Sean Kirkpatrick

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office at the Department of Defense, gives a presentation during a public meeting of NASA’s unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. (NASA/Joel Kowsky photo)

Pentagon office developing new sensors to better detect UFOs

AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick provided an update on the Pentagon's UFO-hunting work at a public NASA meeting Wednesday.
May 31, 2023 By Brandi Vincent
Screenshot of a Defense Media Activity video presented during an open hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 19. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), shared videos depicting an unidentified object with an apparent atmospheric wake or cavitation trailing it as it moved across the sensor’s field of view from left to right.

Senators want ‘more tangible evidence’ that Pentagon’s new UFO sleuthing team is meeting its mandates

DOD plans to “respond directly to the authors of the letter,” a spokesperson told DefenseScoop.
May 1, 2023 By Brandi Vincent
In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared this Navy image of a UAP captured during Naval Exercises off the East Coast of the United States in early 2022. The image was captured through night vision goggles and a single lens reflex camera. (DOD photo)

Pentagon’s UFO office now investigating more than 650 cases of ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena’

The nascent office has been applying existing technologies and building new ones to accomplish its broad mission.
Apr 19, 2023 By Brandi Vincent
Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence and Security Ronald S. Moultrie and testifies before the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, during a hearing on "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 17, 2022.
Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence and Security Ronald S. Moultrie and testifies before the Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, during a hearing on “Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 17, 2022. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AFP) (Photo by JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon changes ‘UAP’ terminology as it looks to investigate unexplainable sightings across all domains

Senior Pentagon officials spotlighted a new office seeking to document, analyze and resolve government reports of UFO-like phenomena.
Dec 19, 2022 By Brandi Vincent
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