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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 03_2024_DGI_Mission_Brief

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

This unclassified briefing from the Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is dated February 2024 and was reviewed for release in 2025. It defines unidentified anomalous phenomena and sets out AARO's mission and vision. It also describes its operations, science and technology, analysis and strategic communications functions. It reports that only a very small percentage of UAP reports show anomalous signatures and that missing data leaves many cases unresolved. It also presents three example cases, including two resolved as commercial airliners with camera artifacts.

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UNCLASSIFIED
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
CASE - WESTERN UNITED STATES: P-3 ON TRAINING MISSION
OBSERVED SEVERAL EQUIDISTANT UAP THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO INTERCEPT
CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE
 Three UAP objects observed, apparently flying at high velocity.
 Observing craft pursued but was unable to intercept.
 Analyses of object geospatial positioning conclude the
objects were significantly farther from the observer than
originally estimated.
 Apparent morphology changes result of sensor autofocus.
 Analyses of air-traffic control data suggest objects likely
commercial aircraft transiting known flight paths to/from major
airports in the region.
(U) Western-US UAP, likely commercial airliners and video autofocus effect.
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10UNCLASSIFIED03Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/5/2025

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