It is to continue
the collection and reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) incidents
across the DoD's Special use airspace (SUA), as well as the
collection and
reporting of anomalous, unidentified space, airborne, submerged, and transmedium
objects. AARO is to identify and reduce gaps in operational, intelligence, and
counterintelligence capability, and to recommend changes in policy, whether
regulatory of statutory, to reduce those gaps.
The organisation also has
aims to increase communication between the military and IC over unidentified
marine and aerial craft that could potentially be a threat to U.S. forces,
military
bases or be spying on sensitive facilities
The establishing legislation empowers
the office to review records as far back as 1945 to determine if federal government
or contractor UFO programs were in existence
that may have shielded information
from either the White House or the US congress.