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This is the Department of Defense All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, covering reports from May 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024 and released in full in February 2025. AARO received 757 reports, and every case it resolved turned out to be a prosaic object such as a balloon, bird, drone or satellite. It found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity and no reported health effects. The report also covers drone flights near nuclear facilities and the release of its Historical Record Report.
UNCLASSIFIED 11 UNCLASSIFIED E. Flight Safety Issues Of the 392 FAA reports received during the reporting period, only one report mentioned a possible flight safety issue during the event. In this instance, a commercial aircrew reported a near miss with a “cylindrical object” while over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York. AARO continues its research into, and analysis of, this case. F. UAS Observations Reported Near U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure, Weapons, and Launch Sites Reports from the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission AARO received a total of 18 reports from the Administrator for Nuclear Security and Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding incidents near U.S. nuclear infrastructure, weapons, and launch sites. The Administrator for Nuclear Security and Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission categorized all of these incidents as UAS. • Ten of the reported UAS flew over protected areas for a duration less than five minutes. Two instances involved longer flight times of 53 minutes and 1 hour and 57 minutes respectively. Flight duration is unknown for the remaining six cases. • Sixteen cases involved only one UAS, while the remaining two cases each reported two UAS involved in the event. In one instance, the UAS entered and departed the protected area twice. • On-site security observed UAS in at least half of the UAS cases. On August 3, 2023, the D.C. Cook Nuclear Power Plant security recovered a crashed UAS that was given to Berrien County, Michigan, local law enforcement (LLE). AARO has no further information about the crashed UAS. • During October 10-15, 2023, USPER BWXT (formerly known as USPER Babcock and Wilson Nuclear Energy) Fuel Cycle Facility in Lynchburg, Virginia, observed UAS flyovers for six consecutive nights. Only one UAS system was spotted in each occurrence, and there is no data on estimated flight duration for each occurrence. G. AARO Possesses No Data to Indicate the Capture or Exploitation of UAP AARO is working with mission partners to formalize a process in the event UAP materiel is captured, drawing on current USG capabilities and operating procedures. H. No Health/Physiological Impacts from UAP Incidents Reported AARO received no reports suggesting any observers of UAP suffered any physiological impacts or adverse health effects. The DoD acknowledges that health-related effects may manifest at any time after an event occurs, therefore any reported health implications related to UAP will be documented and reported if they emerge.07Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/05/2025
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 18 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.