Office of the Secretary of Defense: 07_2024_Annual_Report

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• A summary of the reports received using the mechanism for authorized reporting
established under 50 U.S.C. § 3373b.”
AARO drafted this report in coordination with:
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence ODNI’s National Intelligence Manager for
and Security Military Integration (NIM-MIL)
ODNI’s National Intelligence Council U.S. Army
U.S. Navy (USN) U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)
U.S. Air Force (USAF) U.S. Space Force (USSF)
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
DoD Joint Staff (JS) Department of Energy (DoE)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC)
National Aeronautics and Space National Air and Space Intelligence Center
Administration (NASA) (NASIC)
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC)
(NGA)
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
Administration
National Security Agency (NSA) Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of
for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Defense for Public Affairs
Affairs
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Office of the General Counsel of the DoD
Defense for Nuclear Matters
Office of Naval Intelligence/National Office of the Principal Deputy Assistant
Maritime Intelligence Center Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical,
and Biological Defense Programs
III. OVERVIEW OF REPORTS
A. Overall Trend Analysis
As of October 24, 2024, there are 1652 reports in total. This report covers UAP reports
from May 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024, and all UAP reports from any previous time periods that were
not included in an earlier report. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution (AARO) received 757
UAP reports during this period; 485 of these reports featured UAP incidents that occurred during
the reporting period. The remaining 272 reports occurred outside of the reporting period
between 2021 and 2022 and consequently were not included in previous annual UAP reports.
Of these reports, 708 occurred in the air domain, 49 occurred in the space domain, and
none occurred in the maritime or transmedium domains (see Figure 1). AARO notes that none
of the space domain reports originated from space-based sensors or assets; rather, all of these
reports originated from military or commercial pilots or ground observers who reported UAP
located at altitudes estimated at 100 kilometers or higher, consistent with U.S. Space Command’s07Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C)
Date: 02/05/2025