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DOD UAP investigation video screenshot. — A screenshot taken of a Defense Department video released as part of an investigation by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force. (Department of Defense video)

DOD developing ‘Gremlin’ capability to help personnel collect real-time UAP data

AARO's acting director Tim Phillips gave his first off-camera, invite-only media engagement at the Pentagon this week.

Mar 8, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Source: Defense Media Activity, DVIDS Screenshot from DOD video of UAP that Kirkpatrick presented in a public meeting of NASA’s Independent Study Team on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) on May 31, 2023.

Pentagon’s UAP investigation hub works to reach full operational capability

DefenseScoop got an update on the Anomaly Resolution Office's latest priorities.

Jan 10, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

(Senate Armed Services Committee photo of Sean Kirkpatrick)

Pentagon’s UAP investigation chief to depart Dec. 1

DefenseScoop was briefed on how Sean Kirkpatrick has been spending his final days with DOD — and the new acting AARO director's initial priorities.

Nov 30, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Screenshot of video of UAP AARO is currently investigating. (DVIDS)

DOD invites past and present military personnel and contractors to report UAP activity via new portal

The new mechanism unveiled Tuesday is separate from an existing UAP reporting channel.

Oct 31, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

In a an open hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) before the House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee, Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Mr. Scott Bray shared this Navy image of a UAP captured during Naval Exercises off the East Coast of the United States in early 2022. The image was captured through night vision goggles and a single lens reflex camera. (DOD photo)

DOD’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office confirms receipt of more than 800 reports of UAP

A new Pentagon report confirms that AARO has received a total of 801 reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena as of April 30.

Oct 18, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson attends a press conference at NASA headquarters September 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. NASA announced the agency has appointed a new director of research to study “unidentified anomalous phenomenon”, formerly referred to as UFOs. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

NASA appoints new head of UAP research as it eyes deeper cooperation with Pentagon

The space agency also unveiled a report about how data collected by government, commercial and other sources can be analyzed to make sense of reports of potential…

Sep 14, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks to the National War College virtually from the Pentagon Press Briefing Room, March 19, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Hicks takes direct oversight of Pentagon’s UAP office; new reporting website to be launched

In separate discussions over the last week, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and a Pentagon spokesperson briefed DefenseScoop on the near-term vision for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution…

Aug 30, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 26: Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, testifies during a House Oversight Committee hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency” on Capitol Hill 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Several witnesses are testifying about their experience with possible UFO encounters and discussion about a potential covert government program concerning debris from crashed, non-human origin spacecraft. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

UAP hearing sparks clash between Pentagon officials, witnesses

In official and unofficial statements shared online and via email late last week, Defense Department personnel pushed back on assertions made at last week's House hearing on…

Jul 31, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Ryan Graves, executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, David Grusch, former National Reconnaissance Officer Representative of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force at the U.S. Department of Defense, and Retired Navy Commander David Fravor testify during a House Oversight Committee hearing titled “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency” on Capitol Hill 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Lawmakers pledge to pursue greater transparency on ‘existential threat’ of UAPs

Three witnesses shared new details about their own and other military officials’ reported UAP experiences throughout what is said to be the first of many House hearings…

Jul 26, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office at the Department of Defense, left, gives a presentation during a public meeting of NASA’s unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) independent study team, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters building in Washington. The UAP independent study team is a counsel of 16 community experts across diverse areas on matters relevant to potential methods of study for unidentified anomalous phenomena. NASA commissioned the nine-month study to examine UAP from a scientific perspective and create a roadmap for how to use data and the tools of science to move our understanding of UAP forward. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Senate’s intelligence authorization bill questions ‘reverse engineering’ of government-recovered UAPs

Unidentified anomalous phenomena refers to the government’s modern term for multi-domain UFOs.

Jun 27, 2023 By Brandi Vincent