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Office of the Secretary of Defense: 07_2024_Annual_Report

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. · 2023 · 18 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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• All reported UAP-related events that occurred during the one-year period;
• All reported UAP-related events that occurred during a period other than that one-
year period but were not included in an earlier report;
• An analysis of data and intelligence received through each reported UAP-related
event;
• An analysis of data relating to UAP collected through:
- Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)
- Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
- Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
- Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT)
• The number of reported incidents of UAP over restricted air space of the United
States during the one-year period;
- Including analysis of such incidents identified
• Identification of potential aerospace and other threats posed by UAP to the national
security of the United States;
• An assessment of any activity regarding UAP that can be attributed to one or more
adversarial foreign governments;
• Identification of any incidents or patterns regarding UAP that indicate a potential
adversarial foreign government may have achieved a breakthrough aerospace
capability;
• An update on the consultation by the United States with allies and partners on efforts
to track, understand, and address UAP;
• An update on any efforts underway on the ability to capture or exploit discovered
UAP;
• An assessment of any health-related effects for individuals that have encountered
UAP;
• The number of reported incidents or patterns, and descriptions thereof, of UAP
associated with military nuclear assets, including strategic nuclear weapons and
nuclear-powered ships and submarines;
• Results of consultation with the Administrator for Nuclear Security regarding the
number of reported incidents, and description thereof, of UAP associated with
facilities or assets associated with the production, transportation, or storage of nuclear
weapons or components thereof;
• Results of consultation with the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
regarding the number of reported incidents, and descriptions thereof, of UAP or
drones of unknown origin associated with nuclear power generating stations, nuclear
fuel storage sites, or other sites or facilities regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission;
• The names of the line organizations that have been designated to perform the specific
functions including Response to and Field Investigations and Scientific,
Technological, and Operational Analyses of Data on UAP, and the specific functions
for which each such line organization has been assigned primary responsibility; and07Page 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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