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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) 4 UNCLASSIFIED UAP ANALYTIC TRENDS AARO analyses confirm only a very small percentage of UAP reports display anomalous signatures. Most anomalous detections reported to AARO demonstrate ordinary characteristics of readily-explainable sources. LACK OF DATA HINDERS COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSES ▪ Many cases in AARO's holdings remain unresolved because of a lack of verifiable data. Cases lacking sufficient data to inform a rigorous analysis cannot be resolved. ▪ High-quality empirical data is necessary for AARO’s adherence to the scientific method and intelligence tradecraft, modeling, simulation, and peer review. TRENDS CORRELATE TO LOCATION OF REPORTING COMMUNITIES AND SOURCES ▪ AARO’s reliance on DoD-sourced reports leads to a collection bias near major range and test facilities, special use airspace, and operational areas. ▪ Interagency cooperation and partnerships with civil aviation authorities lessens military-centric collection bias by incorporating reports from commercial pilots, thus broadening collection area over a greater geographic area. INCREASED CIVIL REPORTING SHIFTING COLLECTION BIAS, MORPHOLOGY TRENDS UNCLASSIFIED ▪ AARO received more than 100 reports from the FAA, contributing to analyses of UAP trends over the United States and its territorial waters. ▪ Most civilian reports lack sufficient data to inform a conclusive analysis—i.e., sightings of “lights” without notes on objects’ morphology/characteristics, geospatial location, or anomalous behaviors. 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.