Memo: AARO:s inbjudningar till intervju med David Grusch

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January 
8th, 
2024 
MEMORANDUM 
FOR 
RECORD 
SUBJECT: 
All-domain 
Anomaly 
Resolution 
Office 
Invitations 
to 
Interview 
Mr. 
David 
Grusch 
1. 
The 
All-domain 
Anomaly 
Resolution 
Office 
(AARO) 
extended 
multiple 
invitations 
to 
Mr. 
David 
Grusch 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
conducting 
an 
oral 
history 
interview 
in 
support 
of 
the 
Congressionally 
directed 
Historical 
Record 
Report 
(HRR). 
Invitations, 
both 
direct 
and 
through 
intermediaries, 
to 
interview 
Mr. 
Grusch 
regarding 
his 
claimed 
knowledge 
of 
U.S. 
Government 
possession 
of 
extra-terrestrial 
material 
and 
reverse-engineering 
programs 
were 
met 
with 
negative 
results. 
2. 
The 
following 
attempts 
were 
made, 
by 
Director, 
AARO 
and 
staff, 
to 
encourage 
Mr. 
Grusch 
to 
provide 
information 
to 
AARO, 
on 
the 
record, 
and 
in 
an 
appropriately 
secure 
environment. 
The 
James 
M. 
Inhofe 
National 
Defense 
Authorization 
Act 
for 
Fiscal 
Year 
2023 
authorizes 
AARO 
to 
receive 
reporting 
about 
U.S. 
Government 
activities 
and 
events 
related 
to 
Unidentified 
Anomalous 
Phenomena 
(UAP), 
regardless 
of 
classification 
level 
or 
compartmentalization 
of 
the 
information. 
A.
B 
Ju
ne 
8
th
, 
2023 
and 
June 
13
th
, 
2023, 
Director, 
AARO 
engaged 
in 
a 
dialog 
with 
Persoiregarding 
AARO's 
authorities 
and 
encouraged 
Person 
o 
have 
Mr. 
Grusch 
contact 
AARO. 
Note 
that 
PersoMs 
a 
known 
close 
associate 
of 
Mr. 
Grusch 
and 
the 
dialog 
made 
it 
clear 
that 
Person 
vas 
in 
contact 
with 
Mr. 
Grusch. 
B. 
On 
June 
12
th
 and 
13
th
, 
2023, 
Director, 
AARO, 
discussed 
with 
a 
Professional 
Staff 
Member 
(PSM) 
of 
the 
U.S. 
Senate 
Select 
Committee 
on 
Intelligence, 
Mr. 
Grusch's 
refusal 
to 
speak 
with 
AARO. 
The 
PSM 
stated 
that 
he 
would 
contact 
Mr. 
Grusch 
and 
request 
Mr. 
Grusch's 
email 
address. 
The 
PSM 
made 
the 
offer 
after 
the 
Director 
made 
it 
clear 
that 
AARO 
did 
not 
have 
Mr. 
Grusch's 
contact 
information. 
C. 
On 
June 
26
th
, 
2023, 
AARO 
staff 
contacted 
Interviewer 
d 
asked 
for 
Mr. 
Grusch's 
current 
telephone 
number 
so 
that 
an 
invitation 
could 
be 
exteixiecl 
to 
Mr. 
Grusch. 
Interviewee 
contacted 
Mr. 
Grusch 
on 
AARO's 
behalf 
and 
an 
invitation 
was 
rebuffed 
by 
Mr. 
Grusch. 
D. 
On 
June 
28
th
, 
2023, 
Director, 
AARO 
contacted 
a 
PSM 
with 
the 
U.S. 
Senate 
Select 
Committee 
on 
Intelligence 
after 
Mr. 
Grusch's 
appearance 
before 
Congress 
and 
asked 
for 
any 
information, 
reported 
to 
Congress 
by 
Mr. 
Grusch, 
that 
AARO 
may 
be 
able 
to 
verify. 
The 
Director 
also 
reminded 
the 
PSM 
of 
the 
agreement 
that 
if 
a 
witness 
expressed 
apprehension 
about 
coming 
to 
AARO, 
that 
AARO 
would 
send 
a 
staff 
member 
to 
Congressional 
spaces 
to 
record 
the 
information 
into 
the 
U.S. 
Government 
record 
in 
support 
of 
the 
HRR. 
E. 
On 
July 
27
th
, 
2023, 
AARO 
staff 
conducted 
an 
interview 
of 
Interviewee 
who 
revealed 
that 
he 
would 
be 
having 
dinner 
with 
Mr. 
Grusch 
the 
following 
day. 
AARO 
sta 
, 
to 
include 
the 
Director, 
asked 
Interviewe 
to 
invite 
Mr. 
Grusch 
to 
contact 
AARO 
for 
an 
interview. 
AARO 
staff 
made 
it 
clear 
that 
e 
interview 
would 
be 
conducted 
in 
a 
secure 
facility, 
in 

 
accordance 
with 
the 
law, 
and 
the 
tone 
of 
the 
interview 
would 
be 
friendly 
and 
non-
confrontational, 
as 
are 
all 
AARO 
interviews. 
F. 
On 
October 
6