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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks to the National War College virtually from the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, March 19, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Hicks takes direct oversight of Pentagon’s UAP office; new reporting website to be launched

In separate discussions over the last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and a Pentagon spokesperson briefed DefenseScoop on the near-term vision for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution…

Aug 30, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office at the Department of Defense, left, 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. The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for unidentified anomalous phenomena. NASA commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Senate’s intelligence authorization bill questions ‘reverse engineering’ of government-recovered UAPs

Unidentified anomalous phenomena refers to the government’s modern term for multi-domain UFOs.

Jun 27, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

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