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This is a case resolution report from the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), dated 20 March 2025. It covers infrared video taken on April 26, 2013 by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft over Rafael Hernandez Airport near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. AARO found with high confidence that the video shows two objects drifting at wind speed over land, not one object splitting or entering the ocean. It assessed with moderate confidence that they were sky lanterns.
UNCLASSIFIED 4 UNCLASSIFIED Figure 2: Stills images of object separation from within the first minute of the video. Figure 3: These stills demonstrate how the changing view angle from the sensor to the objects influenced their perceived behavior as the aircraft gained altitude. They appear to be one object from a low angle and a low magnification, as shown in Image A at 00:05.14. The objects appear distinct from one another from a steeper viewing angle and moderate magnification, as shown in Image B at 00:33.41. Image C, at 02:37.44, shows the objects from a high angle and increased magnification, clearly showing object separation from a more top-down perspective. Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/20/2025 010
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 7 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.