U.S. Senate Oversight Hearing on All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and UAPs/UFOs

We do have some very anomalous objects.

AARO does not believe every object is a bird, a balloon, or a UAV.

Our most interesting cases, some of which I will discuss later, are actually the shapes such as the triangles or the cylinders.

• ...brought to us by a law enforcement officer out West, where he observed a large orange orb floating several hundred feet above the ground, a couple of miles away.
• He went to investigate what was going on with that orb, and as he was pulling up to the location where he thought would be below the orb, about 40 to 60 meters away from some object, the area was well lit, he saw a blacker than black object.
• He said it was about the size of a Prius, 4 to 6 feet wide.
• And as he got 40 to 60 meters away from the object it tilted up about 45 degrees, and then it shot up vertically, he says 10 to 100 times faster than anything drone he has ever seen before.
• And it did that without making a sound, as far as he could tell from inside of his vehicle.
• And just as it left his field of view through his windshield then it emitted very bright red and blue lights that illuminated the inside of his vehicle, as brightly as if someone had set off fireworks just outside his vehicle, or street flares.
• So that is anomalous because of the size of the vehicle with the great acceleration, and when he came back to investigate that area he found no disturbance of the ground beneath it.
• So that is one interesting one.

• ...from Southeast U.S. There was a U.S. facility where two cars of government contractors were leaving the facility, around 9:00 in the morning.
• They looked up in the sky and saw a large metallic cylinder, about the size of a commercial airplane, and it was stationary.
• They observed that there was a very bright, white light behind or around the object.
• They saw it stationary for 15 to 20 seconds, and then it disappeared.
• Obviously, an object that large, stationary unless it is a blimp, is unusual, but then disappearing, we cannot explain how that would happen.

It is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has not discovered any verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology.

It is just the nature of resolution. We can only resolve things that we understand.

Although only a very small percentage of reports received by AARO are potentially anomalous, these are the cases that require significant time, resources, and a focused scientific inquiry by AARO and its network of partners.

AARO is committed to the highest standards of scientific integrity.

We will not foreclose on any explanation for UAP prematurely.

We will continue to follow the science and data wherever they lead.

We will continue to have an open and frank dialogue with Congress in settings like these and in classified briefings.

We will continue to keep you fully and currently informed of all UAP information, active or historical.

And finally, we will share as much information as possible at the unclassified level to inform the public of AARO's activities and its findings.