Person
Tim Phillips
Also known as Timothy Phillips, Phillips
- Deputy director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) from October 2023; acting director between Sean Kirkpatrick and Jon Kosloski
Tim Phillips is a Defense Department official who became deputy director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office in October 2023 and led it as acting director after Sean Kirkpatrick, its first director, retired in December 2023, until Jon Kosloski was named director in August 2024.
He is quoted by others on what perplexed the office, notably fiery spheres and black triangles, and on the Dylan Borland case; those accounts are filed as relayed.
Sources: MeriTalk (2024) · Disclosure Forum 2026
Facts and claims
- claimed Timothy Phillips has been deputy director of AARO since October 2023, MeriTalk reported when Jon Kosloski was named director in August 2024; Sean Kirkpatrick, the first director, had retired in December 2023. Source: meritalk.com (archived)
- claimed Marik von Rennenkampff says Phillips, “the deputy director, acting director of that office”, said the two UAP morphologies that perplexed him were fiery spheres and black triangles. — Marik von Rennenkampff Source: UAP & National Security: Mellon, Gallaudet, von Rennenkampff & McConnell at Disclosure Forum 2026 at 1:14:51
Connected files
Programs
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (led) — Deputy director from October 2023, and acting director after Kirkpatrick retired in December 2023
People
- Marik von Rennenkampff (statements by)