Summary
The FY2024 consolidated annual report on unidentified anomalous phenomena, submitted by aaro through odni per 50 U.S.C. 3373(k), covers May 2023 through June 2024. AARO received 757 new UAP reports — 485 from the reporting period and 272 backlogged from 2021-2022. Of these, 708 occurred in the air domain and 49 in the space domain, with none in maritime or transmedium. AARO resolved 292 cases (118 + 174 queued) to prosaic objects including balloons, birds, UAS, satellites, aircraft, and notably SpaceX Starlink satellite flares. Twenty-one cases were flagged for further IC/S&T analysis and 444 were placed in the Active Archive for lack of data. AARO reaffirms it has “discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology” and possesses no data indicating capture or exploitation of UAP.
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Key Claims
- AARO holds 1,652 total UAP reports as of October 24, 2024; 757 received during this reporting period (AARO)
- All 292 resolved cases identified as prosaic: balloons, birds, UAS, satellites, aircraft, and Starlink flares (AARO)
- 21 cases merit further analysis by IC and S&T partners; 444 cases lack sufficient data and are archived (AARO)
- No reports in maritime or transmedium domains during the period (AARO)
- Two flight safety concerns and three pilot “trailed or shadowed” incidents reported; no attribution to foreign adversaries (AARO)
- One commercial aviation near-miss over the Atlantic involving a reported cylindrical object (AARO)
- 18 UAP incidents occurred near nuclear facilities, identified as drone activity (AARO)
- AARO’s prototype sensor gremlin is conducting a 90-day baseline collection at an undisclosed national security site (AARO)
- AARO has partnered with oak-ridge-national-laboratory and georgia-tech for detection and analytical capabilities (AARO)
- No adverse health effects reported from any UAP incident in this period (AARO)
- Case resolution remains constrained by lack of timely and actionable sensor data (AARO)
Notable Quotes
“It is important to underscore that, to date, AARO has discovered no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity, or technology.” — AARO/ODNI
“AARO’s ability to resolve cases remains constrained by a lack of timely and actionable sensor data.” — AARO/ODNI
“AARO possesses no data indicating that the U.S. government or any other entity has captured or exploited UAP materials or technology.” — AARO/ODNI