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Official programs, reports, laws and hearings, from Project Blue Book to AARO and the National Archives. 328 events, newest first.
Government11 Dec 2024
During the New Jersey drone sightings, Rep. Jeff Van Drew said on air that an Iranian 'mothership' off the East Coast was launching the drones. The same day, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh said there was no truth to it and no Iranian ship off the U.S. coast.
Photo: Office of Congressman Jeff Van Drew, Public domain
Government11 Dec 2024
Asked about Rep. Jeff Van Drew's claim that an Iranian 'mothership' off the coast was launching the drones seen over New Jersey, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said there was no truth to it and no Iranian ship off the U.S. coast.
Photo: DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando, Public domain
Government11 Dec 2024
Senators Andy Kim, Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand wrote to DHS, the FBI and the FAA asking for an immediate briefing on how they were working with police to identify the source of night drone sightings over New Jersey and New York.
Photo: Chetsford, Public domain
Government11 Dec 2024
After a Homeland Security and state police briefing for New Jersey officials, Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia posted that the drones were up to six feet across, sometimes flew unlit and seemed to evade detection. DHS said there was no known threat.
Photo: Marion Touvel, Public domain
Government10 Dec 2024
Rep. Chris Smith wrote to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about drones flying near sensitive New Jersey sites, including military installations, and asked that all Defense Department counter-drone capabilities, such as those at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, be deployed.
Photo: United States Congress, Public domain
Government3 Dec 2024
The FAA confirmed it had issued two temporary flight restrictions at the request of federal security partners after drone reports in New Jersey: one over President-elect Trump's Bedminster golf club, the other over the Army's Picatinny Arsenal, until Dec. 26.
Photo: United States Army Picatinny Arsenal Precision Armaments Laboratory, Public domain
Government3 Dec 2024
The FBI's Newark office, New Jersey State Police and the state homeland security office asked the public to report sightings of possible drones, and a possible fixed-wing aircraft, along the Raritan River, saying reports went back several weeks.
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0
GovernmentDec 2024
For the second year running, the Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act, including its independent review board, failed to make it into the final National Defense Authorization Act, reported The Debrief in December 2024.
Photo: The White House, Public domain
Government27 Nov 2024
UK defence minister Vernon Coaker told Parliament the Ministry of Defence takes safety seriously and keeps robust measures, including counter-drone capabilities, at its sites, as police investigated drones over RAF bases used by U.S. forces.
Photo: Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0
Government19 Nov 2024
AARO director Jon Kosloski testified to the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee in an open and closed hearing on the office's activities, days after its FY2024 annual report was released.
Photo: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Public domain
Government19 Nov 2024
At a Senate hearing, AARO released December 2018 infrared drone video that seemed to show an object passing through Mount Etna's eruption plume. AARO said atmospheric distortion caused the effect and assessed with moderate confidence the object was a balloon drifting with the wind.
Photo: MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Public domain
Government14 Nov 2024
The Pentagon's AARO reported 757 UAP reports received from May 2023 to June 2024, bringing its caseload above 1,600. It resolved 118 cases to balloons, birds, drones and similar objects, and said it had found no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology.
Photo: U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Public domain
Government13 Nov 2024
Two House Oversight subcommittees held a joint hearing at which Tim Gallaudet, Luis Elizondo, Michael Gold and Michael Shellenberger testified under oath. The witnesses alleged excessive secrecy around UAP and urged more disclosure and better reporting.
Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain
Government3 Sep 2024
Asked on the Lex Fridman Podcast whether he would help push the Pentagon to release more UFO footage, presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would and would love to, then turned to the pressure he faced over the JFK files.
Photo: lexfridman, CC0
Government26 Aug 2024
The Defense Department announced that Dr. Jon T. Kosloski, a scientist on detail from the National Security Agency, would direct the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, which had been led by an acting director since late 2023.
Photo: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Public domain
Government6 Jun 2024
More than 80 Japanese lawmakers formed a nonpartisan group, headed by former defense minister Yasukazu Hamada, urging the government to create a body to gather and analyze UAP information and to work with the U.S. AARO. Members framed UAP chiefly as possible security threats.
Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Japan, CC BY 4.0
Government17 May 2024
Tennessee Republican Tim Burchett filed a House bill directing the president to have all federal agencies release their UAP records within 270 days, with quarterly progress reports to the House.
Photo: U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain
Government12 Apr 2024
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Christopher Mellon published a long rebuttal to AARO's March 2024 Historical Record Report, arguing it was error-ridden, too narrow and dismissive of unresolved cases. AARO stood by its finding of no evidence of alien technology.
Photo: Max Moszkowicz, CC BY 3.0
Government8 Mar 2024
The Pentagon released volume one of AARO's review of U.S. government UAP efforts since 1945. AARO said it found no verifiable evidence that the government or private companies had recovered or reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology.
Photo: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Public domain
Government8 Mar 2024
Acting AARO director Tim Phillips told reporters the office was developing Gremlin, a portable, reconfigurable sensor kit built with Energy Department labs and Georgia Tech, to be sent to UAP report sites to collect data. He said Texas range tests also picked up many birds and bats.
Photo: Touch Of Light, CC BY-SA 4.0
