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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 029_2023_UAP_Mission_Slides

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

These unclassified display slides from the Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) are dated 2023, carry the name of Director Seán Kirkpatrick, and were reviewed for release in March 2025. They define unidentified anomalous phenomena and summarize how the FY23 NDAA expanded AARO's authorities. They also lay out AARO's mission, its operations, analysis, science and strategic communications functions, reporting trends from 1996 to 2023, and the office's goals and priorities for 2023.

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REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES TYPICALLY-REPORTED UAP CHARACTERISTICS
Mt Everest
Commercial Air Traffic
Weather Balloons
REPORTED UAP-MORPHOLOGY
A L L - D O M A I N A N O M A LY R E S O L U T I O N O F F I C E
10
UAP Reporting Trends
1996-2023
9.9%
9.5%
14.6%
28.7%
19.8%
6.4%
4.3%
2.9%
1.6%
1.0%
0.2%
1.0%
5K
10K
15K
20K
25K
30K
35K
40K
45K
50K
55K
60K
100K
REPORTED-UAP HOTSPOTS
1, 47%
2, 19%
3, 7%
4, 16%
5, 3%
6, 2%
7, 2%
8, 2%
9, 1%
10, 1%
11, 1%
12, 1%
13, 0%
FOR DISPLAY ONLY
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
FOR DISPLAY ONLY
029
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 3/20/2025

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