There is still no evidence that space aliens are visiting or have visited the earth, the new Pentagon office tasked with tracking such reports said during a Friday afternoon press briefing. But in hundreds of new cases of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) that the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is investigating, there are indications of potential threats to U.S. military installations and observations of objects with flight dynamics requiring more research, officials told reporters, including from The War Zone.

AARO was created in July to handle the government’s investigation into unidentified objects on and under the sea, in the air as well as in space - and any “transmedium” objects shifting between those domains. It was launched amid growing concerns about threats to U.S. military installations and naval and air assets from objects of unknown origin and was a rebranding of a previous Pentagon UAP investigation effort - called the Airborne Object Identification and Management Group (AOIMSG) - to broaden its scope of operations.

 The press briefing, by Under Secretary of Defense Ronald Moultrie and AARO director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, came a day after the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that includes language codifying how AARO will investigate these objects and protect Defense Department employees and contractors who report details about them. It is anticipated that the NDAA will be approved by President Joe Biden.
 The briefing also came as the wait continues for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) hotly anticipated new report on UAPs, which will include specific details of the number of new cases being examined and how many of those were unable to be identified. Its last report, delivered in June 2021, found that of 144 cases investigated, only one could be identified - a large deflating balloon. When asked Friday by The War Zone when that report will be released, an ODNI spokesperson declined to comment.
 

A predictably cautious approach. But I don't believe, for a moment, that it will be followed "wherever it goes." To read more, click here.