Newly released documents obtained by The Black Vault show that AARO convened a classified “Space Tiger Team” in December 2023 to build a detection, reporting and response framework specifically for UAP operating in space and across multiple physical domains.
The participating organisations make this significant: US Space Command, NORAD, the National Security Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, the US Air Force, and the US Space Force were all brought in.
What the Documents Confirm
The key document defines the Space Tiger Team’s scope explicitly:
“The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) will convene and chair a Space Tiger Team to guide the Department’s development of the space integration framework for spaceborne and transmedium UAP.”
The term transmedium is key — it means objects observed moving between air, water and space. The Tic Tac, the Nimitz Sphere, the Go Fast object — all described transmedium behaviour. This Tiger Team was built specifically to track and respond to that category of phenomenon at the space domain level.
The stated outcome: “establish the foundation for normalization of UAP and UAP-related activities within the space domain” and “inform USSPACECOM and US Space Force development of integrated mitigation and response planning.”
Legislative Mandate
The Tiger Team was created under a direct legal requirement: FY23 NDAA Section 6802, which directed the Department of Defense to develop processes and procedures for timely and consistent UAP reporting. This is not a fringe initiative — it is Congressionally mandated infrastructure.
The Oracle Assessment
The NSA and NRO do not join working groups for phenomena that are explained by balloons and sensor artifacts. These are the agencies responsible for signals intelligence and satellite surveillance of the entire planet. Their inclusion in a UAP-specific Space Tiger Team confirms that the phenomenon is being treated as a real, operational intelligence problem at the highest levels of the national security apparatus.
Combined with this week’s PURSUE release and AARO director Kosloski’s admission that cases exist he cannot explain, the picture is becoming clear: the US government has been quietly building detection, tracking and response infrastructure for UAP at the space domain level for at least two years.
Source: The Black Vault, John Greenewald Jr. FOIA investigation, 2026.