Director of Pentagon's UAP office testifies: No 'verifiable evidence' of aliens

The head of the federal office tasked with providing transparency around UFOs told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that the office had not found links to extraterrestrial life.

Jon Kosloski, the newly appointed director of the All-Domain Anomaly Research Office (AARO), testified before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities that the majority of reports to the office were not anomalous but the few that were required "significant" resources from the office.

"AARO needs to bolster the quantity, quality and diversity of data that it acquires and examines," Kosloski said.

For the office to be successful in investigating unidentified objects, those who have seen them need to be able to report them, Kosloski told the committee, adding that the department is committed to increasing partnerships within and outside of the government.

"There should be zero stigma associated with UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) reporting," Kosloski said.