05 AARO Historical Record Report
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1 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume I February 2024 05 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Date: 02/05/2025 Released in Full:___X__; Released in Part: ______ Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Case Number: 330UAP000005 Page determined to be Unclassified Review by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Sect
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1 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume I February 2024 05 All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Date: 02/05/2025 Released in Full:___X__; Released in Part: ______ Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Case Number: 330UAP000005 Page determined to be Unclassified Review by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/05/2025 2 Table of Contents SECTION I: Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6 SECTION II: Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 7 SECTION III: Scope & Assumptions ........................................................................................................ 11 Scope ......................................................................................................................................... 11 Assumptions .............................................................................................................................. 11 Note on “UAP” Nomenclature .................................................................................................. 12 Congressional Oversight ........................................................................................................... 12 AARO’s HR2 Program of Analysis .......................................................................................... 12 SECTION IV: Accounts of USG UAP Investigatory Programs Since 1945 ............................................. 13 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 13 Project SAUCER (1946/1947–January 1948)........................................................................... 13 Project SIGN (January 1948–February 1949) ........................................................................... 14 Project GRUDGE (Original Organization) (February–December 1949) ................................. 15 Project TWINKLE (Summer 1949–Summer 1950) .................................................................. 15 Project GRUDGE (Reestablishment) (October 1951–March 1952) ......................................... 15 Project BEAR (Late 1951–Late 1954) ...................................................................................... 16 CIA Special Study Group (1952) .............................................................................................. 16 The Robertson Panel (January 1953) ........................................................................................ 17 The Durant Report (February 1953).......................................................................................... 17 Project BLUE BOOK (March 1952–December 1969) ............................................................. 18 CIA Evaluation of UFOs (1964) ............................................................................................... 19 O’Brien Committee (1964) ....................................................................................................... 19 The Condon Report (April 1968) .............................................................................................. 19 National Academy of Sciences Assessment of the Condon Report (Late 1968) ...................... 20 Carter Administration Tasking to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (1977) ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Roswell Investigations/Inquiries (1992-2001) .......................................................................... 21 Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP) (2009–2012)/ Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP)................................................. 22 Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) (August 2020-November 2021) ......... 24 Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (June 2021) .................................. 24 05 Page determined to be Unclassified Review by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/05/2025 3 Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) / Airborne Object Identification and Management Executive Management Committee (AOIMEXEC) (November 2021-June 2022) ............................................................................ 24 UAP Independent Study Team (UAPIST) (June 2022-September 2023)................................. 25 All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) (Established July 15, 2022) ...............…
Metadata
- Agency
- Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. (09/18/1947 - )
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Department
- Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. (09/18/1947 - )
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- NAID
- 493468580
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- 05_AARO_Historical_Record_Report.pdf
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- application/pdf
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