Jon Kosloskis written statement till SASC (november 2024)

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Statement for the Record 
Dr. Jon Kosloski, Director, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities 
November 19, 2024 
 
Thank you, Chairwoman Gillibrand, Ranking Member Ernst, and distinguished members of the 
subcommittee. It is a pleasure to be here on behalf of the Department of Defense as the new 
Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. I appreciate the opportunity to provide a 
status update on AARO’s work and respond to your questions about unidentified anomalous 
phenomena, or UAP. 
 
On behalf of the department and the entire AARO team, I want to say how grateful we are to 
Congress for its continued support. Unidentified objects in any domain may pose a threat to U.S. 
safety and security. Reports of UAP activity, particularly near national security sites, must be 
treated seriously and investigated with scientific rigor by the U.S. Government. 
 
By way of introduction, I am Jon Kosloski. I'm a researcher at my core, with an academic 
background in mathematics, physics, and engineering. I have spent most of my career at the 
National Security Agency leading advanced research in the areas of optics, computing, and 
crypto mathematics. I am drawn to tough scientific problems, which is what brought me to 
AARO and the UAP mission. 
 
Since I arrived in August 2024, I have been impressed by the breadth and depth of my team’s 
experience and the framework it has established to rigorously analyze UAP reports. AARO has 
taken meaningful steps to improve data collection and retention, bolster sensor development, 
effectively triage UAP reports, and remove the stigma of reporting a UAP event. Last year, 
AARO worked with DoD’s Joint Staff to issue guidance to defense personnel worldwide on how 
to report UAP observations and is working with the Military Services to ensure the 
implementation of this guidance. Additionally, AARO launched a public website that features 
UAP imagery, case resolutions, material analysis, archival records, and more. 
 
These are only a few examples of AARO’s recent progress – and we’re just getting started. 

 
To date, AARO has over 1,600 UAP reports in its holdings from across the U.S. government. I’ll 
share a slide in just a few minutes of updated UAP analytic trends. You’ll see that many reports 
resolve to commonplace objects like birds, balloons, and unmanned systems, while others lack 
sufficient data for comprehensive analysis. Only a very small percentage of reports AARO 
receives are potentially anomalous; these are the cases that require significant time, resources, 
and a focused scientific inquiry by AARO and its wide network of partners. It is important to 
underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, 
activity, or technology. 
 
To accomplish AARO’s national security mission, I have set three priorities for the Office: 
building strong partnerships, promoting transparency, and scaling up the work of the office. 
 
First, AARO cannot do its work alone. Building partnerships across government, academia, 
industry, and with the public, is essential to the success of the office. Strong cooperation with the 
Military Services is particularly important. We rely on their support to implement our reporting 
guidance and to amplify the message that there should be zero stigma associated with UAP 
reporting. We also rely on partnerships with the National Labs, the Office