What is AARO?
“AARO is the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the central body that investigates UAP reports and resolved the 2017 Navy GOFAST video as a parallax illusion at 13,000 feet.”
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is the U.S. Department of War body that investigates and resolves UAP reports. Established by Congress in 2022 under the National Defense Authorization Act, AARO replaced earlier UAP task forces and unified investigation across the Air Force, Navy, intelligence community, and NASA. AARO's most public 2026 finding was the resolution of the 2017 USS Theodore Roosevelt GOFAST video. AARO Director Dr. Jon Kosloski stated: "Through a very careful geospatial intelligence analysis and using trigonometry, we assess with high confidence that the object is not actually close to the water, but is rather closer to 13,000 feet." AARO assesses every PURSUE-released file before declassification. Many cases remain open: the 2023 "Eye of Sauron" Western US orange-orb encounter is currently rated by AARO as "among the most compelling cases in current AARO holdings."