- How does the NRO appear in the UAP corpus?
- David Grusch's July 26, 2023 written opening statement to the House Oversight National Security Subcommittee identifies him as a former NRO representative to the DoD UAP Task Force and his agency's co-lead on UAP and trans-medium object analysis. Grusch held the position of GS-15 at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2021 to 2023.
- What did Grusch testify about his NRO-related role?
- Grusch testified under oath that as his agency's co-lead on UAP analysis, he reported to the UAP Task Force and AARO, and that his work led him to conclude the U.S. government runs a concealed, multi-decade UAP crash recovery and reverse-engineering program. The NRO and NGA roles are documented in his July 26, 2023 written statement and the full hearing transcript (House Oversight Serial No. 118-GO06).
- What ODNI documents reference the intelligence community's UAP role?
- The FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP (October 2023) is a joint ODNI-DoD product. It reports 291 new UAP reports received between August 31, 2022 and April 30, 2023, bringing AARO's total holdings to 801 cases.