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This unclassified briefing from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office was given by Deputy Director Tim Phillips to the Defense Space, Geospatial and Intelligence Leadership Conference and was released on 2/6/2025. It defines UAP and notes that most reports lack enough data, while most that can be assessed resolve to mundane objects. It says a 2018 Mt. Etna object was likely a balloon. It also describes controlled tests at Camp Grafton, North Dakota, a Space UAP Tiger Team, and Starlink flaring as a cause of reported orbs.
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO) UNCLASSIFIED SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF SPACE UAP: STARLINK FLARING 10UNCLASSIFIED ▪ Pilots and ground-based observers report unusual “orbs” ▪ Unlike Starlink “trains”, these are very bright and short- lived ▪ Reddish orange to white with spatial extent ▪ Appear to suddenly change directions ▪ Possible cause: Starlink Satellite Flaring ▪ Not the trains which are higher in the sky, many lights in a row ▪ Flaring is bright specular reflection off nadir surface; ▪ Occurs just above horizon after sunset and before sunrise; ▪ Several can appear at once and move in diverse directions; appearance of a single object changing directions ▪ AARO employed mathematical tools to predict when and where flaring events would occur; observed and validated the predictions (U) Above: Imagery of Starlink “trains”1 (U) Above: Time-lapse imagery of Starlink “flaring” captured by AARO. (UNCLASSIFIED) (UNCLASSIFIED) (UNCLASSIFIED) (UNCLASSIFIED) 1 - J. Hsu, "New Scientist," 4 10 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2394949-starlink-carbon-footprint-up-to-30- times-size-of-land-based-internet/. Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/6/2025026
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 12 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.