The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) was established in 2022 under the Biden administration as the Pentagon’s official UAP investigation office. Its public mandate: investigate, identify, and resolve UAP sightings involving US military assets. Its actual function — according to David Grusch, multiple whistleblowers, and the documentary record — is to serve as a capture mechanism for valuable UAP information and a neutralization point for potential whistleblowers, not a genuine investigation office.
The Grusch indictment: David Grusch, who served as the NRO’s representative to the UAP Task Force before AARO existed, has stated that AARO is not where real oversight happens. The real oversight nodes, as UAP Gerb identifies, are USDI (Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence) and Ronald Moultrie — not AARO. Grusch testified that individuals who submitted information to AARO were identified, monitored, and in some cases discouraged from further disclosure. AARO functions as intelligence collection on the disclosure community, not as a transparent investigation.
Director Kirkpatrick’s departure: AARO’s founding director Sean Kirkpatrick resigned in late 2023. He subsequently wrote an op-ed in Scientific American stating there was “no empirical evidence” of alien technology in government possession — a sweeping statement that dismissed Grusch’s sworn Congressional testimony and contradicted classified briefings received by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Kirkpatrick’s departure was widely interpreted within the UAP community as a signal that AARO had served its initial political purpose. The office has since struggled to fill key positions including its deputy director role.
The documentary record of failure: AARO has missed its statutory reporting deadlines — failing to publish its 2025 annual report or Volume 2 of its historical report on time. When Rep. Luna demanded 46 specific UAP videos by April 14, 2026, AARO missed the deadline and the Pentagon claimed her letter was never routed appropriately. AARO has examined over 2,000 cases and concluded none show evidence of ET origin — a conclusion that contradicts classified Congressional briefings. Christopher Mellon: “The public’s trust has been eroded and must be restored. Fulfilling reporting obligations is a good step in that direction.” The contrast with France’s GEIPAN — which operates transparently, publishes a public database, and has done so for 47 years — is absolute.
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