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The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, under the Department of War, issued this Fiscal Year 2025 annual report to Congress on unidentified anomalous phenomena. It covers June 2, 2024, to May 30, 2025. In that period AARO received 319 reports and resolved 370 cases in total, all of them attributed to prosaic objects such as balloons, satellites, birds, aircraft and drones. The report also describes a new modeling capability that resolved 238 reports as satellite flaring and 50 drone incidents near nuclear sites, and it states that no evidence of captured UAP materials exists.
2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Department of War (DoW) provides this report pursuant to a requirement established under section 3373k of Title 50, United States Code. This document contains all reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)-related events occurring from June 2, 2024, to May 30, 2025, and UAP-related events occurring within any previous period not covered in a previous report. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received 319 reports of UAP- related events. Of those, 284 feature UAP-related events occurring during the reporting period and 35 reports feature UAP-related events occurring outside the reporting period. AARO resolved 114 of the 319 UAP reports. In addition, AARO resolved 256 cases reported in a previous period, bringing the total number of resolved cases during the reporting period to 370. AARO assesses that all resolved cases are attributable to prosaic objects such as balloons, satellites, birds, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). AARO also assesses that one case is attributable to a commercial rocket launch and one to a manned jet pack. During the reporting period, AARO onboarded a new capability that enabled analysts to resolve 238 reported UAP as satellite flaring. AARO did not receive any reports of UAP-related health effects during this reporting period. Two UAP reports described electronic or avionic interference as attributable to UAP in proximity to an operational aircraft. AARO has not yet rendered a determination on whether, and to what extent, the reported effects are attributable to UAP. AARO did not receive reports indicating flight safety concerns during this reporting period. As previously reported, a collection bias favoring the continental United States, its littoral waters, and global U.S. military operational areas, influences AARO’s UAP case holdings. Locations with a higher density of U.S. military sensors and assets tend to submit more UAP reports. A lack of timely and actionable sensor data continues to constrain AARO’s ability to resolve cases. AARO has worked alongside its military and technical partners to mitigate these constraints by clearly articulating optimal sensor requirements, information-sharing processes, and the essential elements of information that inform high-quality UAP reporting. AARO also continues to expand engagement, information-sharing, and collaboration with foreign partners. II. SCOPE The DoW provides this report pursuant to a requirement established under section 3373(k)(1)(A) of Title 50, United States Code: “Not later than 180 days after the enactment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Intelligence Authorization Act and annually thereafter for four years,
Official release, from the aaro collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 14 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.