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This is a 2023 briefing for the Senate Armed Services Committee from the Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, presented by Director Seán Kirkpatrick. It was released in full in 2025. It covers UAP reporting trends from 1996 to 2023, typical characteristics such as round shapes 1 to 4 meters across, and two MQ-9 cases. A 2022 Middle East spherical object remains unresolved. A 2023 South Asia object with an apparent wake was likely a commercial airliner plus a video-compression artifact.
“Mission Control”1 page
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## South Asia, 2023: MQ-9 observed UAP object apparently tailed by potentially-anomalous atmospheric wake CHARACTERISTICS PERFORMANCE SIGNATURES BEHAVIOR EFFECTS - Phenomenon 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 Analyses pending peer-review of mission-partners' analytic findings South Asia UAP observed with apparent wake, likely resolved as commercial airliner and video-compression artifact, respectively (U) Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/6/2025
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