by Heo Midam
Published 01 Sep.2023 13:42(KST)
Updated 01 Sep.2023 14:47(KST)
The U.S. Department of Defense has launched a dedicated website to investigate 'Unidentified Flying Objects' (UFOs) and will begin accepting reports.
The U.S. Department of Defense has launched a new website providing information related to the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
View original imageAccording to U.S. CBS News and others on the 31st of last month (local time), the Department of Defense opened a new website providing information about the 'All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)' the day before.
The photo is unrelated to specific expressions in the article. [Image source=Pixabay]
View original imageSean Kirkpatrick, head of AARO, said, "Through this site, we hope to regularly update the public on AARO's work and investigation results and provide a means to report UAP."
AARO is an organization under the Department of Defense established in July last year, responsible for identifying and investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP). UAP is the term used by the U.S. government instead of UFO.
AARO plans to disclose information, photos, and videos related to completed UAP investigations through this website. Currently, the site hosts eight items, including materials the Department of Defense released during the congressional hearing in April and UAP report videos.
AARO announced that it will start accepting UAP-related tips from this fall. Initially, it plans to receive reports from current and former government employees and military personnel who have specific knowledge about U.S. government UAP-related programs or activities, but within the next few months, it will establish a channel for the general public to submit reports as well.
One of the unidentified flying objects released by the U.S. Department of Defense in the past. [Image source=U.S. Department of Defense·Yonhap News]
View original imagePreviously, claims that the U.S. government has concealed evidence of extraterrestrial existence for decades were raised during a congressional hearing.
David Grusch, a former Air Force major and U.S. intelligence officer, asserted at a July hearing of the House Oversight Committee subcommittee that the U.S. government possesses devices related to UAP. He also suggested that the government likely has been aware of non-human activity since the 1930s.
Grusch stated, "During my public service career, I became aware of programs that recovered crashed UAPs over several decades and conducted reverse engineering (disassembling and imitation)." He added, "Based on the information I collected, I decided to report this to my superiors and inspectors, effectively becoming a whistleblower."
However, when asked to provide more specific details, he refrained from disclosing information publicly, citing its classified nature. At the hearing, not only Grusch but also two former Navy officers testified that they had witnessed UAPs.