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The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) issued this case resolution on 20 March 2025 for "The Puerto Rico Object," infrared video recorded on April 26, 2013 by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft over Rafael Hernandez Airport near Aguadilla. AARO assesses with high confidence that the video shows two objects drifting at wind speed over land, with no anomalous or transmedium behavior. It attributes their apparent vanishing into the ocean to thermal crossover and concludes 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.
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