Pentagon’s UFO Office Launches Website To Share Declassified Information, Collect Reports

A division of the Department of Defense on Thursday launched a new website where the public can access declassified information on reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), more commonly known as UFOs.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is tasked with investigating and addressing UAPs, and its new website will “provide information, including photos and videos, on resolved UAP cases as they are declassified and approved for public release,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

The agency intends for the site, aaro.mil, to serve as a “one-stop shop” for all public information related to UAPs and AARO’s work.

The website will also feature “links to official reports, transcripts, press releases, and other resources that the public may find useful, such as applicable statutes and aircraft, balloon and satellite tracking sites,” the Pentagon said.

The website also hosts videos of several military encounters with UAPs that remain unresolved.

“Since its establishment in July 2022, AARO has taken important steps to improve data collection, standardize reporting requirements, and mitigate the potential threats to safety and security posed by UAP,” reads a message from AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick at the top of the website.

“We look forward to using this site to regularly update the public about AARO’s work and findings, and to provide a mechanism for UAP reporting.”

In the fall, as called for in the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the AARO will launch a secure reporting tool for “current and former U.S. government employees, service members, or contractors with direct knowledge of U.S. government programs or activities to contact AARO directly to make a report.”

Currently, there are UAP reporting mechanisms available to current service members, federal employees, and civil aviators through their organizations that they can continue to use until the secure reporting too is launched.

The Pentagon said a mechanism for members of the general public to report UAPs will be announced in the coming months.