AARO established
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The seal of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, established in the Department of Defense in July 2022 to succeed the UAP Task Force. Official emblem · context.
U. S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution O · 2026 ↗Public domain — US government workLicence terms ↗Robert Salas · 1:49:52
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American Alchemy / Jesse Michels ↗YouTube-hosted preview and player; not relicensedOn 20 July 2022 the Deputy Secretary of Defense established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, succeeding the UAP Task Force and AOIMSG, with physicist Sean Kirkpatrick as its first director, to detect, identify and attribute anomalous objects across air, sea, space and transmedium domains. Corpus guest Robert Salas argues Congress created the office and that it is not performing.
The event
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Place | 38.8719, -77.0563 exact · United States |
| Official response | The Department of Defense said the office would lead efforts to identify UAP in or near military installations and operating areas and would report to Congress under the 2022 NDAA. |
Reported by
- department of defense government memorandum establishing the office
Who spoke about it later
- Robert Salas 1:49:52 “This UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes!” - Air Force Officer Robert Salas ▶ 2025
- Jesse Michels 1:42:14 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate ▶ 2025
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“This UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes!” - Air Force Officer Robert Salas 12 July 2025
- 1:49:52 ▶ Robert Salas
because they created Arrow, right? arrows not performing uh because
- 1:49:52 ▶ interview
- 1:49:52 ▶ Robert Salas
UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate 26 January 2025
- 1:42:14 ▶ Jesse Michels
all domain anomalous uh office and uh you have its former director uh Kirkpatrick speaking at some event and then Susan Goff is
- 1:42:14 ▶ interview
- 1:42:14 ▶ Jesse Michels
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AARO established, ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP, AARO Historical Record Report, Volume I, Wall Street Journal: "The Pentagon Disinformation That Fueled America's UFO Mythology". Open the full map filtered to this record.
Sources on this record
- 1:49:52 “This UFO Shut Down 10 Nukes!” - Air Force Officer Robert Salas · Robert Salas ▶
because they created Arrow, right? arrows not performing uh because
- 1:42:14 UFO Skeptic Mick West Challenged To A Debate · Jesse Michels ▶
all domain anomalous uh office and uh you have its former director uh Kirkpatrick speaking at some event and then Susan Goff is
- DoD Announces the Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office