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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 - SOUTH ASIA, 2023: MQ-9 OBSERVED UAP OBJECT APPARENTLY TAILED BY POTENTIALLY-ANOMALOUS ATMOSPHERIC WAKE CHARACTERISTICS AND SIGNATURE Phenomenon was observed in other forward-looking infrared, full-motion video by same platform. The “trail” appears to be cavitation—similar to those caused during propulsion. Visible trail is a camera-software artifact. Video-compression algorithms overlay captured image on previous frame and resolve differences in the gray, infrared gradient. Analyses of the morphology and traffic-control data suggest the object is commercial aircraft transiting known flight paths. (U) South Asia UAP observed with apparent wake, likely resolved as commercial airliner and video-compression artifact, respectively. (U) (U) 11UNCLASSIFIED03Page 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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