Pentagon UFO Chief Finally Speaks: “There Are Cases Even I Can’t Explain” - AARO

Cristina Gomez
Aug 6
3 min read

Dr. Jon Kosloski, director and UFO Chief of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), recently made a rare public appearance that is worth paying attention to. According to Defense Scoop reporting, since assuming control of AARO in August 2024, Kosloski has made fewer than five major public appearances, making his detailed interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson on StarTalk particularly significant. The timing of this revelation comes as UFO discussions have dominated Capitol Hill conversations in recent weeks.

The interview revealed staggering statistics about America’s UFO investigation program. According to insights from AARO’s November 2024 congressional report, the office has processed over 1,600 UFO reports since its inception. The data presented to senators shows that approximately 40% of cases have been resolved with conventional explanations, while 57% remain in what officials term an “active archive” due to insufficient data for analysis. Most remarkably, Kosloski’s own data indicates that 98% of UFO reports turn out to be completely ordinary objects, leaving only 2% that remain genuinely unexplained.

Kosloski provided unprecedented detail about one of the most compelling cases in AARO’s files — a law enforcement encounter with a triangular object that defies conventional explanation. According to his account, multiple law enforcement officers across the same geographic region have reported encounters with both triangular objects and glowing orbs. The most detailed incident involved an officer who was investigating underneath a glowing orb when he encountered what Kosloski described as “a very, very black triangle, a triangular prism” about the size of a Prius, positioned 40 to 60 meters away. The object reportedly “reared up 45 degrees and then shot up into the sky faster than anything he’d ever seen,” while emitting brilliant red and blue flares so bright they illuminated the interior of the police vehicle.

A.I. Artist Rendition of the event encountered by the Police mentioned by AARO Chief Dr. Jon Kosloski — A.I. Artist Rendition

According to Kosloski’s testimony, the trained law enforcement professional was so terrified that he immediately reversed his vehicle at 100 miles per hour while simultaneously calling his sergeant. The object produced no audible sound and showed no visible propulsion systems, yet demonstrated flight characteristics that current technology cannot easily explain. However, despite the extraordinary nature of this encounter, there exists a complete absence of documentation — no dash cam footage, no cell phone video, and no photographic evidence of any kind.

The Pentagon has systematically explained away high-profile UFO cases that previously captured public attention. According to AARO’s analysis, the famous “Go Fast” video was resolved as an optical illusion caused by motion parallax, with the object likely being a bird or balloon at 13,000 feet rather than skimming the ocean surface as initially appeared. Similarly, the Mount Etna case, where an object appeared to fly through superheated volcanic ash, was explained through detailed pixel analysis showing the object was actually 170 kilometers from the volcano, nowhere near the dangerous ash plume.

Kosloski addressed the rebranding from UFO to UAP, explaining that the public had made UFO synonymous with extraterrestrials. According to his testimony, this created problems for government investigators because “the definition is sort of supposed to be in the name, unidentified and anomalous. We don’t know what it is. We need to approach it without bias.” The terminology change was designed to distance investigations from predetermined conclusions about extraterrestrial origins.

The classification of UFO data presents ongoing challenges for transparency efforts. According to congressional oversight reports, this creates a fundamental tension between public transparency and national security. The most compelling UFO data often comes from the military’s most sensitive surveillance platforms, requiring extensive sanitization before public release. Reference to analysis by the Government Accountability Office indicates that AARO is developing methods to sanitize classified data while preserving scientific value, though this process can take years for each case.

Dr. Jon Kosloski at November 2024 Hearing — Dr. Jon Kosloski

Despite resolving the vast majority of cases with conventional explanations, Kosloski admits there are phenomena that genuinely puzzle him and the intelligence community. According to research by the National UFO Reporting Center, triangular UAP reports have increased dramatically since 2019, with law enforcement accounts comprising roughly 15% of total reports. What makes Kosloski’s revelations particularly significant is their integration into an official Pentagon investigation and the unprecedented level of detail being shared publicly.

The interview represents either a new transparency approach or strategic communication aimed at preparing the public for eventual disclosure of ongoing investigations. With AARO’s 98% conventional explanation rate, the remaining 2% of truly anomalous cases continue to challenge our understanding of atmospheric phenomena and the limits of current technology. Whether these cases represent breakthrough discoveries or simply require better data and analysis tools remains the central question driving America’s most secretive investigation program.