The director of the federal office responsible for UFO transparency informed a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that they have not found any connections to alien life.

Jon Kosloski, who leads the All-Domain Anomaly Research Office (AARO), testified to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee about Emerging Threats and Capabilities, stating that most reports received by the office aren’t unusual; only a handful required significant resources from the office.

“AARO must enhance the quantity, quality, and variety of data it collects and analyses,” Kosloski stated.

He emphasized the need for individuals who observe unidentified objects to report them, and added that the department is dedicated to expanding collaborations both within the government and with external partners.

“There should be no stigma attached to reporting UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena),” Kosloski affirmed.

Kosloski also declared that the office is open to exploring different explanations regarding UAP but reiterated that “no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activities, or technologies has been found.”

Senate Hearing Follows Recent Congressional Testimony

This hearing took place shortly after another round of testimonies in Congress regarding unidentified objects infringing on U.S. airspace and secret initiatives aimed at recovering and analyzing downed vehicles.

Over the years, former military officials and others have reported witnessing or capturing inexplicable objects in the air and in water, moving in ways thought to exceed current human technology.

Last Wednesday, journalist Michael Shellenberger testified that sources informed him that intelligence agencies possess numerous high-resolution images and videos of UAP, unlike the low-quality visuals that have been declassified until now.

Witness Luis Elizondo, a former military intelligence officer, detailed a long-standing global arms race to capture and reverse-engineer these mysterious crafts, enabling governments to enhance their own technologies. He supported much of the testimony given by Pentagon intelligence officer David Grusch in July 2023, and accused the Department of Defense of concealing its UFO initiatives from Congress while misusing funds for their operation.

Elizondo noted in the House hearing that existing laws concerning classified information limited him and Grusch from presenting solid evidence backing their claims about a crash-retrieval program, which the Pentagon has consistently denied exists.

Kosloski remarked on Tuesday that AARO does not independently declassify information, and that certain photos and other evidence remain classified due to their acquisition methods, rather than the content itself.

Understanding AARO

The Pentagon has managed AARO since its establishment in 2022, launching a website in 2023 to help the public access declassified information about UFOs.

AARO has published multiple reports detailing various UFO sightings, all concluding with the same result: no evidence has been found to indicate that unexplained sightings are of extraterrestrial origin.

According to its latest report released a day after the congressional UFO hearing, AARO examined 757 reports of UAP from May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024.

“There are certainly anomalies,” Kosloski acknowledged during a briefing last week, adding: “We have not been able to connect those to extraterrestrial origins.”

Astrophysicists have long warned that just because there are no clear natural explanations for UFOs doesn’t mean that otherworldly explanations are probable.