Pentagon launches professional website to report UAP sightings

2023-09-04 14:27:07

MADRID, 4 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Pentagon has opened a new Internet portal for pilots, controllers and other related professionals submit Unidentified Anomalous Event (UAP) reports.

AARO.mil, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office website, is still under construction. For example, a promised online form for contacting the AARO is labeled “Coming Soon.” But the version already released offers eight videos showing the UAPs, plus files for congressional reports and briefings, press releases, and links to other resources.

“The website will serve as a one-stop-shop for all publicly available information related to AARO and UAP,” said Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, Defense Department press secretary, quoted by Universe Today.

The creation of the new website is just a sign that the issue of UAPs (formerly known as UFO – unidentified flying object) is gaining attention in the Pentagon.

That move was intended to speed up the development of AARO and the launch of the website. “I believe transparency is a critical component of AARO’s work, and I am committed to sharing AARO’s findings with Congress and the public, consistent with our responsibility to protect critical national defense and intelligence capabilities.” told DefenseScoop Defense Assistant Secretary Kathleen Hicks, who played a leading role in establishing AARO last year.

When the website is fully operational, it will serve as a secure channel for current or former government employees, military personnel, and contractors to file UAP reports. In a press release, the Department of Defense said the secure reporting tool will launch this fall. “A mechanism for the general public to submit reports will be announced in the coming months,” the Pentagon said.

Civilian pilots were encouraged to report UAP sightings to air traffic controllers. AARO said it would receive UAP-related pilot reports, known as PIREPs, from the Federal Aviation Administration.

– Airborne objects that are not immediately identifiable.

– Transmedia objects or devices.

– Submerged objects or devices that are not immediately identifiable and that exhibit behavioral or performance characteristics that suggest that the objects or devices they may be related to objects or devices in the first two categories.

AARO says that the Department of Defense considers UAPs to be “sources of anomalous detections in one or more domains (i.e., air, maritime, space, and/or transmedia) that are not yet attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors that They are not easily understood by users, sensors, or observers.”

The website does not explicitly mention possible extraterrestrial origins of the UAPs. One of the reasons why government officials and legislators are increasingly concerned about UAPs is because they can represent intrusions from countries like Russia or Chinaaccording to Universe Today.