A complete catalog of releases from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the U.S. government office responsible for investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena. Every entry links to the primary source.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is the Department of War (formerly Department of Defense) office responsible for the official U.S. investigation of unidentified anomalous phenomena across air, sea, undersea, space, and transmedium domains.
AARO was established by Section 1683 of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act and began operations in 2022. Its director reports to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. AARO's predecessors include the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF, 2020-2022) and the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG, 2021-2022).
AARO's regular publications include annual reports to Congress, a historical record review (volumes I and II released to date), incident-specific statements, transparency notices when sensitive materials are declassified, and a public case-reporting portal. This page tracks all of them.
What you won't find here. Speculation, anonymous sourcing, and third-party news write-ups are filtered out. We list only what AARO itself has published, with its own URL.
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The Trump administration launches PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — and the Department of War publishes 160 declassified UAP-related files in the first tranche: 117 PDFs, 29 sensor videos, and 14 photographs spanning 1944 to 2026. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the goal is 'maximum transparency.'
The most recently dated video in PURSUE Release 01 — DOW-UAP-PR49, captured in 2026 by a U.S. Department of the Army sensor — runs 1 minute 49 seconds and shows infrared tracking of an unresolved aerial object.
The Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) convened a private workshop in August 2025 in the Washington, D.C., area to address the standardization of UAP data collection, management, and analysis. The event was coordinated by AARO and hosted by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and brought together participants from government agencies, academic institutions, and civilian research organizations. A white paper detailing the workshop's proceedings and recommendations was published on AARO's official website in February 2026 and was subsequently reported by The Debrief on February 26, 2026. The workshop represents a notable shift in AARO's posture under current director Dr. Jon T. Kosloski compared to the more security-focused, limited-engagement approach of AARO's inaugural director, Sean M. Kirkpatrick. Key recommendations produced by the workshop included the development of standardized metadata templates incorporating AI tools with human oversight, open-ended public narrative reporting mechanisms, and the release of de-identified public UAP data to reduce stigma and build trust. Department of War spokesperson Sue Gough confirmed to The Debrief that AARO intends to use public reports to enhance UAP trend analysis, though no timeline was given for a public reporting mechanism.
The House Oversight Committee Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, chaired by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), holds a public hearing titled 'Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Eyes on the Sky, Secrets in the Dark,' featuring testimony from former military and intelligence officials.
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office releases the first volume of its congressionally directed historical record of U.S. government involvement with UAP. The 63-page report concludes that no verifiable evidence has been found of extraterrestrial technology in U.S. government possession.
A 2-minute-57-second AARO video from a U.S. military sensor records an unidentified object over Greece performing multiple sharp 90-degree turns at speed — flight characteristics that exceed publicly disclosed performance of known aircraft. Released as DOW-UAP-PR34 in PURSUE Release 01.
NASA's Science Mission Directorate published a Frequently Asked Questions page addressing the agency's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Independent Study, commissioned in 2023. The page clarifies the study's scope, team composition, methodology, and conclusions, confirming that the 16-member independent study team — led by astrophysicist David Spergel — was charged exclusively with identifying how scientific data and tools could be applied to UAP going forward, not with reviewing past UAP incidents. The FAQ also states that NASA has found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial life and no data supporting the hypothesis that UAP represent alien technologies. The document provides institutional context for NASA's UAP engagement: the nine-month study was conducted under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), required financial disclosures and ethics briefings from all members, and was overseen by Daniel Evans, Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Research at NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The FAQ further notes that NASA does not actively search for UAP, has not established a dedicated UAP program, and that study funding was consistent with other external review groups convened through NASA's Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES) process. The page also references NASA's commitment to cooperating with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), citing President Trump's direction for whole-of-government transparency.
Over two days in 2023, seven separate U.S. federal government employees reported close-range encounters with multiple unidentified phenomena at a site in the western United States — including orbs launching other orbs, a large stationary glowing orb at close range, and a large semi-transparent object described as a 'translucent kite.' AARO calls it 'among the most compelling within AARO's current holdings.'
The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 codifies the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), absorbing the predecessor Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group and giving it statutory authority and a public reporting mandate.
A U.S. Navy Range Fouler debrief from May 14, 2020 documents a 'solid white object' performing erratic movements above the water of the Persian Gulf — a close-proximity encounter with active U.S. military training. Released as DOW-UAP-D38 with companion video DOW-UAP-PR36.
The oldest sensor video in PURSUE Release 01 — a 1-minute-46-second AARO clip from 2013 — shows what military observers described as an 'eight-pointed star formation' of objects over a Middle Eastern theater of operations.
Non-fiction titles by named witnesses, Pentagon insiders, and investigative journalists referenced in this archive.
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U.S. material is the single largest body in the public UAP record, but it isn't the only one. France's GEIPAN has run a transparent case database since 1977; the UK MoD released ~60,000 pages between 2008 and 2017; Japan's evolving track is the program currently moving fastest in 2026. Every state-run UAP-investigation body with a public archive — fifteen countries to date — is catalogued in one place.
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