NRO UAP Reporting and Definitions Memorandum

The memorandum, signed by the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, instructs all elements of the intelligence community to designate a PURSUE representative to receive UAP-related information. It establishes a 30-day reporting clock and directs personnel with knowledge of UAP information to report it to AARO or authorized PURSUE representatives. Existing nondisclosure agreements and compartmentalization controls cannot be used to prevent authorized disclosures to these designated officials. The guidance explicitly addresses reporting of information that may relate to non-human intelligence, extraterrestrials, or anomalous phenomena departing from known physics or human technology, folding in older terminology such as UFOs and aliens into the UAP framework for reporting purposes. It emphasizes coordination with AARO while maintaining that general secrecy restrictions remain in force outside authorized channels.