The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is a U.S. government office responsible for handling reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena.
AARO stands for All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The office was established under U.S. law, specifically 50 U.S.C. § 3373, with a mandate to be operational no later than 120 days from December 23, 2022. It operates within or alongside the U.S. Department of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence.
Its responsibilities include standardizing the collection, reporting, and analysis of UAP incidents across the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, as well as examining potential links to foreign governments or non-state actors. According to the Department of Defense, its scope covers objects in space, air, land, sea, and undersea, as well as those near military facilities, training areas, and other areas of interest.
AARO states that it employs a scientific framework and a data-driven approach. Its current official position is that it is the U.S. government's lead office for analyzing and investigating UAP reports; its role is not to confirm an extraterrestrial origin.
It stands for All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the U.S. office for resolving anomalies across all domains.
The office is responsible for collecting, reporting, and analyzing UAP incidents within the U.S. defense establishment and intelligence community, and for investigating reports of them.
No. According to its official position, AARO analyzes and investigates UAP reports; it is not an office that confirms an extraterrestrial origin.
According to the Department of Defense, its scope covers objects in space, air, land, sea, and undersea.