On the record

AARO's Historical Record Report

Catalog FG-095When March 8, 2024Where The Pentagon

AARO reviews 80 years of claims and finds no evidence of alien technology.

Congress required AARO to review the government's UAP history from 1945 on. Volume 1 found no verifiable evidence that any UAP sighting was extraterrestrial technology, or of a hidden crash-retrieval program. It traced many claims to misidentified secret programs and to stories that spread through a small circle of people.

Weigh the evidence

The ledger

What the record shows, what people say, and the best explanation available so far.

What's documented

  • The report is public on AARO's website.

What's claimed

  • Critics, including some lawmakers, called it incomplete.

Best explanation so far

The government's official answer to the crash-retrieval claims.

Where to look

Check the sources

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