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This is a 2023 slide briefing from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), presented by Director Seán Kirkpatrick for the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, titled "The Defense Department's UAP Mission & Civil Aviation." It defines UAP and sets out AARO's mission, vision and lines of effort. It calls for educating aviators, destigmatizing UAP reporting and building civil reporting channels, and it lists the observation details analysts need. The slides were reviewed and released in full in February 2025.
This is a briefing chart from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) under the Office of the Secretary of Defense. It summarizes UAP reporting trends from 1996 to November 20, 2023. It lists the characteristics UAP reports typically share: round objects 1 to 4 meters across, white, silver or translucent in color, seen at 10,000 to 30,000 feet, stationary up to Mach 2, with no thermal exhaust detected. It also covers intermittent X-band radar returns and radio signals in the 1 to 3 GHz and 8 to 12 GHz bands. AARO released the chart in full on February 6, 2025.
This is a 2023 draft research paper by Richard M. Medina and Simon Brewer of the University of Utah and Sean M. Kirkpatrick of the Department of Defense, prepared for journal submission and released in full by AARO in 2025. It analyzes 98,724 NUFORC public sighting reports from 2001 to 2020 by county with a Bayesian model. It finds that more light pollution and tree canopy mean fewer sightings, while more air traffic and military area mean more. Cloud cover showed no relationship.
This is a statement for the record by Dr. Jon Kosloski, Director of the Department of Defense's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, dated November 19, 2024, and released in full in 2025. He says AARO holds over 1,600 UAP reports, most of which resolve to birds, balloons or unmanned systems. He adds that AARO has found no verifiable evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology, and he sets partnerships, transparency and scaling up as the office's priorities.
This is an unclassified briefing presentation that Director Seán Kirkpatrick of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office gave at an April 19, 2023 open hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. It summarizes UAP reporting trends from 1996 to 2023. Most reports describe round objects 1 to 4 meters across, and orbs make up 52% of the morphology. It covers two MQ-9 cases: a 2022 Middle East orb that remains unresolved, and a 2023 South Asia object likely resolved as a commercial airliner and a video artifact.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense released this 2023 record under FOIA request 23-F-0740. The extracted text is short and mostly placeholder website text. It contains a heading for Dr. K's opening comments, apparently for a Senate Armed Services Committee session dated 19 April 2023. It also includes an AARO UAP case tracker table that lists 700 open cases, no active archive cases and 38 closed cases for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
The Office of the Secretary of Defense released this document in 2023 in response to FOIA request 23-F-0204. It is an unclassified list of all cases analyzed by, being analyzed by, or archived at the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, current as of 6 December 2022. The document contains only AARO case serial numbers set out in tables. It gives no dates, locations, descriptions or findings for any of the cases.
This transcript comes from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, and covers an unresolved UAP report from Colorado dated October 2023. It transcribes a video lasting 1 minute and 19 seconds, catalogued as LLE-UAP-PR00J and recorded by a law enforcement officer. AARO removed the audio and redacted the transcript to protect privacy and sensitive law enforcement information. The transcript itself holds only three short utterances, and it notes that any descriptive language is the reporter's subjective interpretation.
This transcript comes from AARO under the Office of the Under Secretary of War. It covers a 15-minute video that a Colorado law enforcement officer recorded in October 2023, catalogued as LLE-UAP-PR002, and it is redacted to protect the reporter's identity. The officer describes a light seen for a second night in a row that gains altitude, splits into two distinct lights and moves west toward them. The officer says a similar object shone a red and blue beam into their patrol vehicle the night before.
This transcript comes from the Intelligence and Security office of the Under Secretary of War at the Pentagon. It covers a 27-second video, catalogued as LLE-UAP-PR003, that a law enforcement officer in Colorado recorded in October 2023. AARO removed the audio and redacted the transcript to protect privacy and the reporter's identity. The transcript records only indistinct background noise and no discernible dialogue. It says any descriptive language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation.
This stenographic transcript records an April 19, 2023 open hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Director Sean Kirkpatrick testified that AARO was tracking about 650 cases and had found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity or off-world technology. He presented trend data and two declassified MQ-9 videos, one unresolved and one resolved as a commuter aircraft.
This is a Department of Defense priority language appeal on the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Bill, released under FOIA case 23-F-0241. It responds to House bill H.R. 7900, section 1663, which would require a secure system for reporting UAP events, run by AARO, along with searches for UAP-related nondisclosure agreements. The Department objects to the provision. It cites presidential authority over classified information, counterintelligence risks, resource costs and risks to the safety of AARO staff, and it urges that the provision be excluded or revised.
This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (23-F-1017) contains excerpts from Joint Staff J33 Daily Update briefings from September 2020, February 2021 and June 2021. The excerpts mostly cover counternarcotics interdictions, foreign developments and schedules. The UAP items are brief. One notes a USSTRATCOM hearing that took questions on the Pentagon's UAP Task Force. Another records public affairs referring reporters to the FBI about a cruise-missile-type object near an American Airlines flight over New Mexico. A third refers questions about the UAP report to Congress to ODNI.
A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 1 minute and 19 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-00:47: The camera pans to track an apparent light source, keeping it generally centered within the frame. 00:48-01:19: The camera increases and decreases its level of magnification several times and continues to pan to track the apparent light source. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.
A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 1 minute and 42 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in January 2024. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: In the first 2 seconds of this video, AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-00:35: The camera focuses on an apparent light source, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:36-01:04: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:05-1:27: The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:28-01:37: An approaching vehicle influences the camera’s automatic image-processing filters, including autofocus. The camera remains focused on the apparent light source. 01:38-01:42: The camera pans down. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.
A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 15 minutes of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-15:00: The camera focuses on an apparent light source for the duration of the video, keeping it generally centered within the frame. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.
A local law enforcement officer submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office consisting of 27 seconds of video footage from a commercially available cellular device’s rear-facing camera in October 2023. The reporting officer described the phenomenon as “silent” and as featuring “red, blue, and green flashing lights.” Video Description: In the first 2 seconds of this video, AARO digitally altered this footage by blurring the bottom half to obscure information whose release could be reasonably expected to affect the privacy or other protected interest of a U.S. person or commercial entity. 00:00-00:27: The camera increases its level of magnification and focuses on an apparent light source for the duration of the video, keeping it generally centered and within the top third of the frame. AARO Comment: Cellular devices of the type used to capture this footage employ autofocus and other automated image-processing functions that may distort the apparent morphological and kinematic characteristics of distant subjects, particularly at high magnification.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 59 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:03: No content. 00:04-00:46: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:47-00:59: The sensor increases its level of magnification while panning to track the area of contrast. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 18 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:01: The sensor focuses on a dark area of contrast, narrowing the field of view to zoom in. 00:02: Two bright areas of contrast transit the frame from left to right. 00:03: The sensor zooms out, keeping the bright areas of contrast within the frame. 00:05: The bright areas of contrast exit the right side of the frame. 00:07: The sensor refocuses on the dark area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:10: A reticle surrounds the dark area of contrast, which continues to remain generally within the center of the frame. 00:17: The sensor changes contrast and zoom settings, causing the frame to flash white. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 10 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:01-00:05: No content. 00:06-00:07: Two areas of contrast transit the sensor field-of-view. The first enters the field-of-view from the bottom right and exits from the top edge of the frame. The second, relatively smaller area of contrast enters from the top and exits the bottom of the frame. 00:08-00:10: No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 30 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video description: 00:00-00:08: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor is partially occluded by a component of the platform passing in front of it, obscuring the background. 00:09-00:33: The sensor zooms in on the area of contrast. A reticle briefly surrounds the area of contrast. The sensor is occluded by a component of the platform, obscuring the display. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 51 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video description: 00:00-00:04: An area of contrast transits the frame from the bottom right edge to the lower left edge of the sensor field-of-view. 00:05-00:51: The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 4 minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: The overall quality of this video footage progressively degrades over its runtime. 00:01-00:08: In infrared mode, the sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:09-01:03: The sensor zooms in and tracks the area of contrast, holding it generally within the center of the frame. 01:04-01:10: The sensor display switches modes to an electro-optical day time television camera feed (a collection mode that displays visible and near infrared signatures). The video features a dark object superimposed against a blue background. 01:11-01:13: The sensor display changes modes to infrared. The area of contrast is no longer visible within the frame. 01:14-02:16: The sensor zooms in and changes contrast settings. An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 02:17-02:22: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view. 02:23-02:46: The sensor reacquires and tracks the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 02:47-03:27: The sensor zooms in, tracking the area of contrast. 03:28-03:32: The footage appears to “skip,” or lose coherence. 03:33-03:46: The footage returns to its previous state, and the sensor continues to track the area of contrast generally within the center of the frame. 03:47-04:32: The sensor zooms out. 04:33-04:40: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view. 04:41-04:45: No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 19 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:19: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 27 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:02: An area of contrast is visible above and to the left of the center of the frame. 00:03-00:27: The sensor increases its level of magnification and pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 57 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:05: No content. 00:06-00:07: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of view from the bottom edge. 00:08-00:51: A rectangular digital overlay, or “focus box,” appears near the center of the frame. This display element is a graphical component of the sensor system and does indicate a physical change in the environment. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast. 00:52-00:57: The collection platform geometry occludes the sensor, blurring the display and blocking the right side of the screen. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 49 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:15: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast. 00:16-00:18: The sensor increases its level of magnification and pans to track the area of contrast. 00:19-00:49: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 38 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-01:38: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
This 2023 U.S. Department of War document describes four unidentified object sightings by federal law enforcement special agents in the Western U.S. Three two-agent teams described orange orbs releasing smaller red orbs at dusk over two days. The document also covers a large, fiery orb near a rock pinnacle, a dark kite-shaped object that moved off a road in a restricted zone, and a possibly transparent kite-shaped object. It notes AARO's later distance and size measurements but draws no conclusions.
This Department of the Navy FOIA release, dated January 2023, collects heavily redacted Range Fouler Reporting Forms marked SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The first form covers 14 November 2004. It lists the Nimitz strike group and describes a solid white, smooth object about 46 feet long seen off Mexico, southwest of San Diego. It also says reporting stopped at 3rd Fleet. The later forms, numbered 2014 through 2021, describe unidentified aircraft, suspected small drones and a near mid-air collision. Most details are redacted.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this unclassified annual report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena on 12 January 2023, as required by the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. It counts 510 UAP reports as of 30 August 2022. Of the 366 reports added since the 2021 preliminary assessment, 163 were initially characterized as balloons, 26 as drones and 6 as clutter. The other 171 remain unexplained. The report also describes the creation of the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office and finds no reported collisions or confirmed health effects.
This declassified U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP) from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron covers a two-ship F-15E defensive counter air flight flown from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base under Operation Inherent Resolve on 21 February 2023. Near Shaddadi, Syria, the aircrew reported radar jamming at FL270, which the report attributes to a Turkish X-band jammer. They also observed three possible UAP at FL240 with no radar returns and later one possible balloon at FL210. USCENTCOM declassified the report for AARO in October 2025.
This is an FBI Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts release to John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault, dated March 29, 2023, covering United Nuclear Scientific Supplies. It was the first interim release: of 517 pages reviewed, 119 were released. The records come from the FBI Albuquerque JTTF and describe a 2006 case. An unidentified caller asked the company for chemicals that could serve as Sarin precursors, then turned up in person at the business. The file also contains grand jury subpoenas and interview notes.
This declassified U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP), filed by the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron under Operation Inherent Resolve, covers a two-ship F-16CM defensive counter-air sortie flown from Prince Sultan Air Base on 31 March 2023. During the mission the flight saw possibly 10 to 20 bright objects moving quickly from west to east. Each one stayed on the targeting pod for about 20 seconds before it dimmed and disappeared. An analyst note says the pod images of the objects differed from those of a star. USCENTCOM declassified the report for AARO in October 2025.
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.
This is the transcript of an April 19, 2023 hearing of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. AARO Director Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick testified on the office's mission, budget, data collection and review of the historical record. He said AARO had found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity or off-world technology. He also presented trend data and two declassified MQ-9 videos, and one of them was resolved as a commuter aircraft.
This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (case 22-F-0249), dated May 16, 2023, collects public affairs material about the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG). It contains Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks' November 23, 2021 memo creating the AOIMSG and an executive council to succeed the Navy's UAP Task Force. It also holds press releases, briefing cards with talking points and answers, a spokesperson statement and news clips.
This is a written statement to Congress by George Knapp, chief investigative reporter for KLAS TV in Las Vegas, addressed to Rep. Burchett and a committee and dated July 2023. Knapp describes his 1993 interviews in Moscow about a ten-year Soviet military UFO study, including a reported incident at an ICBM base in Ukraine. He also explains that Senator Reid's $22 million funded AAWSAP, a DIA program run with Bigelow's contractor, and not AATIP. He urges Congress to seek AAWSAP's unreleased research papers.
This memorandum from committee staff, dated July 21, 2023, was sent to members of the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs. It announces a July 26, 2023 hearing in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building titled "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency." It says the hearing will examine firsthand pilot and official accounts, how pilots report UAP, and government transparency. The listed witnesses are Ryan Graves, David Grusch and Commander David Fravor (Ret.).
This is the opening and closing statement that former intelligence officer David Charles Grusch prepared for the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on 26 July 2023. Grusch served 14 years in the US Air Force and at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and he was a member of the UAP Task Force. He testifies that officials told him of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program that he was denied access to. He also describes retaliation after becoming a whistleblower and asks Congress to investigate.
This is the printed transcript of a July 26, 2023 hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability's Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, chaired by Rep. Glenn Grothman. Ryan Graves, David Grusch and retired Navy Commander David Fravor testified on unidentified anomalous phenomena. Members pressed for transparency, whistleblower protection and better pilot reporting. Graves described a near mid-air collision with a dark cube inside a clear sphere off the Eastern Seaboard.
This is the written testimony that Ryan Graves, a former Navy F-18 pilot and founder of Americans for Safe Aerospace, submitted to a House Oversight subcommittee for its first public hearing on UAP. It gives three main arguments: UAP are grossly underreported, stigma silences pilots, and overclassification hides data. Graves describes regular UAP encounters in his VFA-11 squadron near Virginia Beach in 2014, including a near miss with a cube inside a sphere. He calls for pilot reporting, an empowered investigation and declassification.
This Federal Bureau of Investigation interview record from September 2023 describes a sighting by a witness driving east to a test site to gather LiDAR test data, with colleagues following in other vehicles. The witness saw a bright white light hover over the horizon, move to the right and vanish after about ten seconds, estimated ten to twenty miles away, with no vehicle interference. The witness thought it might have been a meteor burning up. The FBI notes the document contains no recommendations or conclusions.
This is a two-page FBI FD-302 interview record, redacted, from an interview held in September 2023. The interviewee had been working with contractors on a special project and had restricted the airspace for tests. That morning, while driving through a gate that had trouble opening, the interviewee saw a silent, cigar-shaped, metallic bronze object with an intensely bright light. It was about the length of two or three Blackhawk helicopters and vanished after five to ten seconds. A passenger in a second vehicle said he saw it too, and no photos were taken.
This is page 2 of an FBI FD-302 interview record about a UAP seen in September 2023. It is heavily redacted. A witness says the object kept the same size and brightness while it was watched, and their vehicles showed no interference. One person was annoyed because the airspace had been restricted for planned drone tests. The witness says they were shaken that night, checked whether the hotel TVs were out during a storm, and slept badly for two nights afterward.
This is the final report of NASA's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team, a 16-member external panel chaired by Dr. David Spergel, with a foreword by Dr. Nicola Fox. The report says it is not a review of past incidents. It concludes that UAP analysis is limited by poor data, calibration and metadata, and that NASA should support AARO's whole-of-government effort. It recommends using NASA satellites, commercial imagery, AI, crowdsourcing apps and the Aviation Safety Reporting System, and reducing stigma around reporting.
This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (23-F-0946) contains Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review records for David C. Grusch's 2023 submissions. Grusch was then an NGA Senior GEOINT Capabilities Requirements Officer. It includes his DD Form 1910 request, reviewer worksheets, internal emails, and approval letters. Both a speaker/author summary and a set of interview questions on recovered material and UAP programs were cleared for public release in April 2023. Grusch's answers are largely redacted.
The Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued this October 2023 consolidated annual report on unidentified anomalous phenomena, drafted by AARO. It covers 291 UAP reports received from 31 August 2022 to 30 April 2023, which brings the total to 801, and notes more FAA reporting and no confirmed adverse health effects. It concludes that most UAP will likely resolve to ordinary phenomena as data quality improves. An appendix resolves a 2021 Western United States case as commercial aircraft.