FOIA Documents Reveal AARO’s Authorized and Repeated Attempts to Engage with David Grusch The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), tasked to investigate Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), made numerous attempts to interview UFO whistleblower David Grusch regarding his claims of U.S. Government engagement with extraterrestrial materials and technologies. These new documents were just released to The Black Vault in FOIA case 24-F-0266, which was filed on November 2, 2023, and they outline not only the timeline of events to contact Grusch, but numerous text messages and emails. The following is an overview and brief timeline, as explained in a January 8, 2024, Memorandum for Record, which was one of the documents released in the case. June 8-13, 2023: Initial contact was made with known associates of Grusch, urging them to have him speak with AARO. These efforts were clarified during dialogues between AARO’s Director and individuals close to Grusch. June 26, 2023: AARO staff reached out directly for Grusch’s contact details and extended an interview invitation, which Grusch declined. June 28, 2023: After Grusch’s congressional testimony, AARO sought any verifiable information he might have shared with Congress. July 27, 2023: Further attempts to arrange an interview through another associate of Grusch, who was meeting him the following day. October 6, 2023: A secure call was made to encourage Grusch to participate in a formal interview. November 10, 2023: Grusch agreed to be interviewed on November 14, after Congressional staff urged his cooperation. November 14, 2023: Grusch failed to appear at the scheduled interview, expressing doubts about AARO’s authorization to handle classified information. November 19, 2023: AARO contacted Grusch again, reiterating their authorization and inviting him to discuss his claims, which he declined. January 8, 2024: AARO provided additional documentation to address Grusch’s concerns about confidentiality and classification handling, maintaining a standing invitation for an interview. Link to full article and documents in the next post below.
@MikeColangelo Grusch has previously addressed this in public. He said the dispute was AARO refused to provide a guarantee in writing about protecting the whistleblowers who are involved in the programs. The BlackVault doesn’t include those statements by Grusch in their article.
@BryceBarras @MikeColangelo Where are those statements? Isn't it in the emails that were included with the article?