Official position · S-038
The FY2024 report states that AARO discovered no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology and that no resolved case indicated advanced capabilities or revolutionary technologies; hundreds of cases were traced to balloons, birds, drones, satellites or aircraft. On November 19, Kosloski repeated to the Senate that there is no verifiable evidence of aliens, while pointing out some highly anomalous objects.
AARO (Department of Defense) · Jon Kosloski, director · Nov 14, 2024
Nature of the non-humans
What it denies and what it leaves open
It notes the absence of evidence in the cases examined; over 900 reports remain on file for lack of data and some cases are considered worthy of further analysis.
- Original words
AARO has discovered no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.
- Who disputes it
- Elizondo and Mellon dispute the completeness of AARO's work, maintaining that many witnesses do not trust the office.
Sources
- Transcript of Kosloski's press conference on the FY2024 report (primary source)
- DoD News (315th AW copy), November 2024 (primary source)
- DefenseScoop, November 14, 2024 (press)
- Space.com on AARO's historical report (press)
On this site
Documents 1
- Kosloski's press conference on the FY2024 annual report (transcript) Original available
Where the claims come from 3
- The United States holds intact or partially intact craft of non-human origin, the product of a retrieval…
- Non-human biological remains, that is, bodies or “biologics,” were recovered together with the craft.
- The reverse engineering of recovered craft has contributed to the development of U.S. aerospace and military…
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