Senate Targets Pentagon's UFO Office for Accountability Review

The Senate Intelligence Committee plans to conduct a review of the heavily criticized Pentagon office responsible for investigating Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), known as the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), through the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

In its version of the Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 - expected to be inserted within the National Authorization Act (NDAA) - the Committee states:

‘The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the All- domain Anomaly Resolution Office.’

It adds:

‘A review of the implementation by the Office of the duties and requirements under section 1683 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, such as the process for operational unidentified anomalous phenomena reporting and coordination with the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government and non-Government entities.

‘A review of such other matters relating to the activities of the Office that pertain to unidentified anomalous phenomena as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.’