NASA-Pentagon Agreement Reveals Formal Liaison to UAP Office

A recently released FOIA document shows that NASA and the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) signed a Memorandum of Agreement detailing the assignment of a NASA employee to serve as a liaison, facilitating information sharing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.

Published

September 6, 2026

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Date not listed

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The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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Formalizing NASA's Liaison to Pentagon's UAP Office

In May 2023, This agreement, released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The Black Vault, marks a tangible step in bridging NASA's open-source scientific inquiry into Unknown Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) with the Pentagon's classified investigative apparatus. The MOA establishes a structured channel for two-way information flow, enabling NASA to share its network of capabilities and personnel while gaining access to AARO's science and technology plans. It also delineates administrative oversight, with McInerney remaining under NASA's performance evaluation process while reporting to AARO Director Dr.

Sean Kirkpatrick for duty. The agreement's existence underscores a growing institutional commitment to interagency collaboration on UAP, moving beyond ad hoc consultations toward a codified liaison role. By embedding a NASA representative within AARO, the arrangement aims to synchronize efforts, deconflict research plans, and ensure that NASA's open-source studies complement AARO's classified work.

This formalization raises questions about how civilian space agencies…

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