The appointment of a new director for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) marks a critical moment for UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) transparency, given AARO’s vital role in investigating, analyzing, and reporting UAP incidents.
AARO was first established to bring a scientific and systematic approach to UAP data collection and to clarify incidents involving potential national security risks. With a new director, there’s potential for bolstered policies on public disclosure and collaboration with other government agencies, like the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA.
For MUFON members, this leadership change is monumental for the landscape of disclosure and transparency. AARO’s new director could push for higher transparency standards by supporting public access to declassified UAP records and ensuring that AARO’s findings are communicated to Congress and the public. We could possibly be heading towards a future of not only open conversation between government entities, but a collaborative partnership between AARO and groups such as MUFON, who offer critical scientific data to help discover the truth.
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Director Dr. Jon T Kosloski
Dr. Jon Kosloski was appointed as the new Director of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) August 24th, 2024. As the new Director, Dr. Kosloski will head the Department of Defense’s (DOD) efforts in coordination with the intelligence community to minimize any technical and intelligence surprise by synchronizing scientific, intelligence, and operational detection, identification, attribution, and mitigation of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the vicinity of national security areas. Under Dr. Kosloski’s leadership, AARO will continue to examine the U.S. government’s historical record relating to UAP and work to declassify and release UAP-related records to the greatest extent possible.
Before entering his professional career, Kosloski received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from California State University and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University. After completing his doctorate studies, Dr. Kosloski worked with National Institute of Standards and Technology scientists to demonstrate his design abilities. Before accepting his role as Director of AARO, Dr. Kosloski worked in multiple technical and leadership positions within the Research Directorate of the National Security Agency (NSA). He additionally led advanced mission-oriented research in networking and computing, served as a subject matter expert in Free Space optics, and invented an advanced language-agnostic search engine that served the DOD Special Communications Enterprise Office.
