Officials at the Pentagon office created in 2022 to track UAPs, known as the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, have said there’s no indication any of the cases they looked into have unearthly origins.

He emphasized the office is going to need the help of academia and public to address these sightings and said ARRO aims to "build that more transparent partnership." While acknowledging that his request could lead to deliberately misleading reports,