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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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Figure 2: AARO’s Closed Cases by Identified Object Type from May 1, 2023 – June 1, 2024
B. Diversification and Sources of Reporting
AARO received the FAA’s civil and commercial aviation UAP reporting logs during this
reporting period. These logs contained information on all UAP incidents reported to the FAA
since June 2021. AARO consistently receives UAP reports from the FAA on a weekly basis,
which is a significant increase from the previous reporting period and reflects the success of
AARO’s efforts to strengthen relationships with its reporting partners.
All of the UAP reports AARO received during the reporting period were collected
through various technical means reported via U.S. military service operational channels, or
civil/commercial aviation reporting logs provided by the FAA.1 Analysis of the data related to
UAP is discussed in the following sections. During the reporting period, AARO did not receive
any UAP reports collected through national GEOINT, SIGINT, or MASINT platforms. AARO
will continue to strengthen IC partnerships to increase national reporting.
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1 Examples of this collection include full-motion video or radar data collected from U.S. military aircrews provided
to AARO through operational channels via post-mission reports.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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