Summary:
- The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services held a public hearing on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, to discuss the Pentagon's new office responsible for investigating unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs.
- The hearing featured testimony from Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which was established in 2022 to coordinate the government's efforts to study UAP.
- Kirkpatrick discussed the office's work, including efforts to collect and analyze data on UAP, as well as the importance of studying these phenomena from a scientific perspective to better understand the potential national security implications.