Sean Kirkpatrick — biografi för AARO-chefsrollen

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Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick 
Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
Statement for the Record 
Senate Armed Services Committee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities 
April 19, 2023 
Thank you, Chairwoman Gillibrand, Ranking Member Ernst, and distinguished 
members of the Subcommittee and Congress. It is a privilege to be here today to 
testify on the Department of Defense’s efforts to address Unidentified Anomalous 
Phenomena. 
First, I want to thank Congress for its extensive and continued partnership as the 
Department works to better understand and respond to UAP in an effort to 
minimize technical and intelligence surprise. Unidentified objects in any domain 
pose potential risks to safety and security, particularly for military personnel and 
capabilities. Congress and DoD agree that UAP cannot remain unexamined or 
unaddressed. 
We are grateful for sustained congressional engagement on this issue, which paved 
the way for DoD’s establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in 
July of last year. Though AARO is still a young office, the spotlight on UAP in 
recent months underscores the importance of its work and the need for UAP to be 
taken seriously as a matter of national security. All leadership that I’ve had the 
pleasure of working with, whether DoD, IC, DOE, Civil, Scientific or Industrial , 
view Congress as a critical partner in this endeavor. 
AARO has accomplished much in the 9 months since it was established. The 
AARO team of more than three dozen experts is organized around four functional 
areas: operations, scientific research, integrated analysis, and strategic 
communications. In the nine months since AARO’s establishment, we have taken 
important steps to improve UAP data collection, standardize the Department’s 
UAP internal reporting requirements, and implement a framework for rigorous 
scientific and intelligence analysis, resolving cases in a systematic and prioritized 
manner. Meanwhile, consistent with legislative direction, AARO is also carefully 
reviewing and researching the U.S. Government’s UAP-related historical record. 
AARO is leading a focused effort to better characterize, understand, and attribute 
UAP, with priority given to UAP reports by DoD and IC personnel in or near areas 
of national security importance. DoD fully appreciates the eagerness from many 
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quarters, including here in Congress and in the American public, to quickly resolve 
every UAP encountered across the globe, from the distant past through today. 
It is important to note, however, that AARO is the culmination of decades of DoD, 
Intelligence Community, and congressionally-directed efforts to successfully 
resolve UAP encountered first and foremost by U.S. military personnel, 
specifically Navy and Air Force pilots. 
The law establishing AARO is ambitious, and it will take time to realize the full 
mission. We cannot answer decades of questions about UAP all at once, but we 
must begin somewhere. While I assure you that AARO will follow scientific 
evidence wherever it leads, I ask for your patience as DoD first prioritizes the 
safety and security of our military personnel and installations, in all domains. 
After all, UAP encountered first by highly capable DoD and IC platforms, 
featuring the nation’s most advanced sensors, are those UAP most likely to be 
successfully resolved by my office assuming data can be collected. If