AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (2024)
🏛️ All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Congress asked AARO to review every U.S. government investigation into UAPs since 1945. This first volume covers that history and the claims of hidden programs.
Key points
- It found no verifiable evidence that the U.S. government has recovered or reverse-engineered alien technology.
- It traced many such claims to real but secret programs (such as stealth aircraft and spy satellites) that were misunderstood.
- It said a small number of people had repeated the same stories to each other, making them seem more widely supported.
- Disclosure advocates strongly disputed the report.
Why it matters
It is the government’s official answer to the crash-retrieval claims made at the 2023 hearing.
Read it yourself
The summary above is ours, written in plain English. Always check the original: the official files on this page go straight to the source, and each one has a backup copy saved by the Internet Archive in case the government page moves.
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. (2024). AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (2024). https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/AARO_Historical_Record_Report_Vol_1_2024.pdfRelated records
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