{"type":"documents","slug":"2024-aaro-historical-record-report-volume-1","title":"AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 (2024)","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2024-aaro-historical-record-report-volume-1","description":"Pentagon AARO Volume 1 documents the U.S. government UAP historical record, sourcing, conclusions, and institutional follow-on actions.","date":"2024-03-08T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["History"],"updated":"2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":8,"connectionCount":12,"content":{"markdown":"AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 was publicly released by the Department of Defense on March 8, 2024 as the first historical-volume deliverable in AARO's congressionally directed review program.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003400183/-1/-1/0/DOD-HISTORICAL-RECORD-REPORT-ON-UAP-VOLUME-1-2024.PDF\" />\n\n## Origin and Publication Basis\n\nThe report identifies the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office as the producing office and places AARO's establishment on July 15, 2022 under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.[^2]\n\nCongress required a historical record report from AARO in the FY2023 NDAA, including a public release requirement for the unclassified portion within 540 days of enactment, creating the formal statutory origin for this publication track.[^3]\n\n## Attributable Offices and Named Officials\n\nThe Department of Defense announced the report through a formal Pentagon statement issued by Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, which characterized Volume 1 as part of a phased historical review and noted that a second volume was planned.[^1]\n\nIn official DoD media engagement, then-Acting AARO Director Tim Phillips briefed Volume 1 findings and described the office's interview-based historical reconstruction approach and ongoing witness intake for subsequent work.[^4]\n\nAn earlier Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing record identified Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick, then AARO Director, as the official testifying lead on AARO's mission and methods before Volume 1 publication, documenting the office's public oversight context before the report's release.[^5][^6]\n\n## Evolution and Response Context\n\nThe Pentagon release and associated briefing positioned Volume 1 as a baseline historical product and explicitly framed Volume 2 as follow-on work, showing an iterative publication model rather than a one-time report event.[^1][^4]\n\nCongress separately enacted a National Archives UAP records collection and review framework in the FY2024 NDAA, establishing a parallel disclosure channel that interacts with the same policy domain addressed by AARO's historical reporting stream.[^7]\n\nAARO's official congressional and press products page now catalogs the Historical Record Report Volume 1 alongside later annual reporting artifacts, showing how the March 2024 historical product became part of a continuing official publication series.[^8]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Historical Record Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, Volume 1](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3700894/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-maj-gen-pat-ryder-on-the-historical-recor/)\n\n[^2]: [AARO Historical Record Report, Volume 1 (Department of Defense PDF)](https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003400183/-1/-1/0/DOD-HISTORICAL-RECORD-REPORT-ON-UAP-VOLUME-1-2024.PDF)\n\n[^3]: [Public Law 117-263, FY2023 NDAA, Section 6802(n) Historical Record Report (GovInfo PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-117publ263/pdf/PLAW-117publ263.pdf)\n\n[^4]: [Department of Defense Transcript: Media Engagement With Acting AARO Director Tim Phillips on the Historical Record Report Volume 1](https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3702219/media-engagement-with-acting-aaro-director-tim-phillips-on-the-historical-recor/)\n\n[^5]: [U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Page, April 19, 2023](https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-the-mission-activities-oversight-and-budget-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office)\n\n[^6]: [Written Statement of Dr. Sean M. Kirkpatrick to Senate Armed Services Subcommittee, April 19, 2023 (PDF)](https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/download/kirkpatrick-statement)\n\n[^7]: [Public Law 118-31, FY2024 NDAA, Section 1841 UAP Records Collection (GovInfo PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-118publ31/pdf/PLAW-118publ31.pdf)\n\n[^8]: [AARO Congressional/Press Products](https://www.aaro.mil/Congressional-Press-Products/)","readingTime":"3 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"tyler-cowen","title":"Tyler Cowen","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/tyler-cowen"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"mario-woods","title":"Mario Woods","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/mario-woods"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"james-fox","title":"James Fox","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/james-fox"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"travis-taylor","title":"Travis S. 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