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This is an unclassified briefing deck from the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, presented by Director Seán Kirkpatrick for an open congressional hearing and cleared for publication on April 17, 2023. It covers UAP reporting trends from 1996 to 2023, including altitude distribution, reporting hotspots and typical characteristics such as round shapes, 1 to 4 meter size and no detected thermal exhaust. It presents two MQ-9 cases: an unresolved 2022 Middle East metallic orb and a 2023 South Asia object likely resolved as a commercial airliner with a video-compression artifact.
US Department of Defense3 CHARACTERISTICS PERFORMANCE SIGNATURES BEHAVIOR EFFECTS Middle East, 2022: MQ-9 observed apparent spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other “metallic orb” observations in the region No demonstration of enigmatic technical capabilities and no apparent threat to airborne- asset safety Case in “active archive,” pending discovery of additional data AARO uses active-archive cases for trend and statistical analyses CHARACTERISTICS PERFORMANCE SIGNATURES BEHAVIOR EFFECTS Middle East UAP, unresolved (U)
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