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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 VERIFICATION & VALIDATION OF NEW METHODS AND ALGORITHMS 7UNCLASSIFIED ▪ AARO is incorporating new methods into its GEOINT tradecraft. ▪ AARO conducted controlled experiments at Camp Grafton, North Dakota, using telemetered airborne surrogate targets. ▪ 10,000 acres of federal land (UAS training area) ▪ Coordinated airborne collections of surrogate targets ▪ Over two hours of unclassified FMV collection ▪ Surrogate targets exhibited similar behaviors and morphologies as widely reported UAP behaviors, such as being “hot,” “high-speed,” “orb-like,” “star-like,” “highly maneuverable,” or “transmedia.” ▪ AARO is working to release its complete data collection from this event to educate the public and the civil aviation community on commonly encountered apparent behavior that might seem anomalous to unprepared observers. (U) Balloon example with telemetered track plotted on map. (UNCLASSIFIED) (UNCLASSIFIED) 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.