Open Hearing Brief

[STAMP:] Cleared as amended for open publication Nov 13, 2024 028

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; remove stigma from reporting a UAP event; last year AARO worked with DoD's Joint Staff to issue guidance on how…

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