Government launches ‘one-stop shop’ for UFO information

The truth is out there — and it may be found on a government’s agency website. Mulder and Scully can quit looking at the skies for answers and now just log onto AARO.mil.

That’s the website of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the office that the Department of Defense launched in 2022 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act to detect, identify and attribute objects of interest, including what was once referred to as unidentified flying objects, UFOs, now called unidentified aerial phenomena, UAPs.

The AARO’s website is being described by government officials as a “one-stop shop” for all declassified information related to its office and unidentified objects.  

“The posting of the website is the next step in the — in this process, in terms of ensuring that the public has information and insight into UAPs. And so what you see today is what has been declassified to date,” Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said in a press briefing on Thursday, Aug. 31.

The government is still in the process of building the site, but it’s live right now to the public. The site currently includes videos under “Cases,” with some “unresolved” and others stating what AARO assesses the UAP to be.

The site also features graphs of UAP reporting trends showing the objects’ altitudes and where they are most often found. It will also house official reports, transcripts, press releases, and other resources including aircraft, balloon and satellite tracking sites.  

There will be additional features coming soon, the DOD says. A reporting tool for government employees, both past and present, is expected to be on the site in the fall.

“AARO will launch a secure reporting tool on the website to enable current and former U.S. government employees, service members, or contractors with direct knowledge of U.S. government programs or activities to contact AARO directly to make a report,” a DOD press release said.  

Th news comes as reports say Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks will now oversee AARO with Director Sean Kirkpatrick reporting to her. 

In July, Straight Arrow News covered “Disclosure Day” on Capitol Hill when the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs held a hearing about UAPs.  

Though the fictitious Mulder and Scully were mentioned a bit ago, the committee made it clear it was serious when it came to reporting UAPs.

“We’re not here to bring little green men into the room. Sorry to disappoint about half of y’all. We’re just here to get to the facts,” Rep. Tim Burchett said.

Burchett previously had said he personally viewed classified UFO footage, raising allegations of a potential cover-up by the government.

The committee heard from former fighter pilots Ryan Graves and David Fravor, along with former intelligence officer David Grusch.  

As SAN’s Ryan Robertson reported, Grush said based on interviews with more than 40 witnesses, he believed the U.S. government is in possession of UAPs.

“I know the exact locations, and those locations were provided to the inspector general and some of which to the intelligence committees,” Grusch said. “I actually had the people with the firsthand knowledge provide a protected disclosure to the inspector general.”

In at least some of the recovered craft, Grusch said bodies were also recovered.