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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 026_DGI_Briefing

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 12 pages · text from the file's own layer

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
EXPANDING TO THE SPACE DOMAIN
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▪ AARO convened a Space UAP Tiger Team to address space domain awareness
▪ AARO’s cross functional team addressed foundational questions and provided recommendations
▪ Development of automated detection algorithms
▪ Improved tipping and cueing to unknown or anomalous objects
▪ Automated reporting processes
▪ Space Domain Community of Interest to implement Tiger Team recommendations
▪ Stakeholders in the space domain operational environment such as US Space Force and SPACECOM
▪ Community of interest will continue to refine the definition of Space UAP and develop TTPs for
addressing UAP
▪ Identify potential data sources relevant to Space UAP problem set
▪ Identify domain awareness gaps where Space UAP may go undetected or unreported
▪ Human Observation of perceived Space UAP
▪ AARO has received 81 UAP cases from observers related to Space Domain
▪ Of these, 74 were reported by the FAA
▪ AARO has closed 62 Space-based UAP cases
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/6/2025026

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