AARO: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

Primary documents · 221

• VIDAl Taqaddum Jellyfish Video, AARO Launch BatchAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Historical Record Report, Volume I, 2024DoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Wikimedia MirrorDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO FY2024 Annual UAP Report, ODNI CopyDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO FY2024 Consolidated Annual ReportDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFDoD Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), AARO Congressional and Press Products.htmlU.S. Department of Defense / Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense
• PDFAARO UAP Case Resolution Reports (Multiple, 2023–2025), AARO UAP Case Resolution Reports, Index Page.htmlDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• VIDMiddle East Metallic Orb, MQ-9 FootageAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFODNI/AARO FY2023 Consolidated ReportODNI / DoD (AARO)
• PDFAARO Official UAP Imagery Repository, Ongoing Releases, PR-003, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa 2023 (DVIDS).htmlAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• VIDUS Military Sensor Captures Unresolved Object Over Africa, 2023All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Pentagon Canonical PDFDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO Resolves Al Taqaddum 'Jellyfish' as BalloonsDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO Resolves Aguadilla Sphere as Sky LanternsDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO Resolves Eglin UAP as Lighting BalloonDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO's First SASC Briefing, April 2023All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Website Launch: Al Taqaddum ResolutionAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Website Launch: Go Fast ResolutionAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Website Launch: Puerto Rico ResolutionAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Website Launch: Eglin ResolutionAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• VIDMt. Etna UAP Video, AARO Launch BatchAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Eglin AFB Case Resolution, October 2023All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Resolves Go Fast as Parallax, 2025All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• VIDGo Fast Footage, AARO Resolution CompanionAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFAARO Aguadilla Resolution Report, March 2025All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFUSCENTCOM Submits Annotated UAP Still, 2022Department of War
• VIDInverted Teardrop With Vertical Pole, 2024Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020Department of War
• VIDNine-Second IR Clip, Arabian Gulf 2020Department of War
• VID106-Second 'Eight-Pointed Star' IR Clip, 2013Department of War
• VIDFive-Second IR Clip, Arabian Gulf (No Statement)Department of War
• VID94-Second Tracked IR Anomaly, Arabian GulfDepartment of War
• VIDFive-Minute IR Clip Loses Contact, 2020Department of War
• VIDTwo-Second AFRICOM IR Clip Near DjiboutiDepartment of War
• VID'Football With Three Spokes' IR Clip, 2024Department of War
• IMGFBI Photo A4, Dark Circle Below ReticleFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B8, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFSeven Federal Agents, Four UAP Categories, 2023Department of War
• PDFODNI's First Statutory Annual UAP Report, 2022Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) / DoD
• PDFCase Resolution of 'Western United States UAP'All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• VIDDigitally Altered Four-Object CENTCOM Formation Eight MinutesDepartment of War
• VIDUploader Titled Cigar Shaped CENTCOM Clip October 2022Department of War
• VIDSpherical Object over Afghanistan into Clouds November 2020Department of War
• VIDSpherical Object Pulsing over Water Military InfraredDepartment of War
• VIDYellow Sea Spherical Infrared Clip January 2023Department of War
• VIDINDOPACOM Yellow Sea Duplicate Clip January 2023Department of War
• VIDINDOPACOM Ten-Minute Infrared Three Segments Shape ChangeDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Spherical UAP April 2021 Second VideoDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Spherical UAP April 2021 Third VideoDepartment of War
• VIDCoast Guard HC-144 Two UAP Contacts Tyndall 2024Department of War
• VIDFifth-Generation Aircraft NORTHCOM Infrared UAP January 2023Department of War
• VIDF/A-18 FLIR UAP NORTHCOM 2022Department of War
• VIDEglin AFB Aircrew Infrared UAP February 13 2023Department of War
• VIDANG F-16C Shoots Down UAP Lake Huron 2023Department of War
• VIDInfrared UAP East China Sea June 9 2021Department of War
• VIDNovember 2020 CENTCOM Two-Object Infrared Track Part TwoDepartment of War
• VIDEight Discrete Sensor Events CENTCOM October 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Full-Motion Sensor Pans and Zooms September 2020Department of War
• VIDAugust 31 CENTCOM Multi-Object Infrared Part OneDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Infrared Track Dual Redacted Callsigns August 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM HD EO-IR Redacted Callsign Mission February 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Hi-Res Redacted Callsign 25 Sep 2019 2135ZDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Hi-Res Redacted Callsign 25 Sep 2019 1715ZDepartment of War
• VIDSix-Pointed Star Over Yellow Sea, 2025Department of War
• VIDThermal Signature Fades, East China SeaDepartment of War
• VIDFlickering Infrared Track, Gulf of America 2019Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Platform Infrared Targeting, 2023Department of War
• VIDTwo Heat Signatures Over Middle EastDepartment of War
• VIDINDOPACOM Tracks Recurring Yellow Sea Object, 2023Department of War
• VIDInfrared Contrast Line, South China Sea 2024Department of War
• VID36-Second Infrared Track, East China SeaDepartment of War
• VIDReticle-Locked Infrared Anomaly, East China Sea 2024Department of War
• VIDRepeated Infrared Re-Entry, Eastern US 2020Department of War
• VIDAuto-Tracked Infrared Object, Western U.S. 2020Department of War
• VIDNORTHCOM Infrared Auto-Track, Eastern US 2020Department of War
• VIDHigh-Speed Object Over Eastern US, Infrared Video 2019Department of War
• VIDWind-Driven Atlantic Object, Infrared VideoDepartment of War
• VIDAltered IR Display Over Pacific OceanDepartment of War
• VIDHandheld IR Screen Recording Over PacificDepartment of War
• VIDAltered Pacific Lights, Handheld Navy VideoDepartment of War
• VIDLow-Light Pacific Footage, Digitally AlteredDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Sensor Tracks Moving ContrastDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Infrared Contact, Thirty SecondsDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Infrared Blip Crosses FrameDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Tracks Infrared Contrast in 2023Department of War
• PDFAARO Official UAP Imagery Repository, Ongoing Releases, PR-018, Unresolved UAP Report, Europe 2024 (DVIDS).htmlAll-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFFederal Agents Track Orange Orbs, October 2023Department of War
• PDFRed Orb Release Over Western Ridge, October 2023Department of War
• PDFCircular UAP, 90-Degree Turns Over AegeanDepartment of War
• PDFStrait of Hormuz UAP Sighting, October 2020Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR19, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2022Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR31, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR32, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR34, Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023Department of War
• VIDAC-130J Tracks Cold Orb Over OmanDepartment of War
• VIDAC-130J Tracks Cold Orbs Over OmanDepartment of War
• VIDAC-130J Films Cold Orbs Over OmanDepartment of War
• VIDAC-130J Films Cold Orb Off OmanDepartment of War
• VIDHandheld Infrared Screen Over PacificDepartment of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR22, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, July 2022Department of War
• PDFODNI/AARO FY2023 Annual UAP ReportODNI / DoD (AARO)
• PDFAARO Case-Resolution Briefing Slides, Senate Armed Services Committee (19 November 2024)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) / U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services
• PDFFive Soldiers Watch White Bean Over Fort CarsonFBI
• VID'U/I Small Thermal Signature' IR Clip, 2020Department of War
• VIDThree Fixed-Position IR Contacts Near JapanDepartment of War
• VID99-Second IR Clip, INDOPACOM 2024Department of War
• VIDTwo IR Contrast Areas Over North America, 2026Department of War
• IMGFBI Photo A1, Crosshair-Tracked ObjectFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A2, Dark Circle in CrosshairFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A3, Centered Dark CircleFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A5, Dark Circle Lower RightFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A6, Dark Circle in ReticleFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A7, Light Circle With Bright SpeckFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A8, Small Irregular ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B1, Object Above Mountain RangeFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B11, Dark Circle Above MountainsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B12, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B13, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B14, Two Dark CirclesFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B15, Two Circular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B16, Two Irregular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B17, Two Circular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B18, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B2, Dark Circle, Indistinct BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B20, Above-Crosshair ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B21, Above-Crosshair ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B22, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B23, Dark Elongated ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B24, Dark Irregular ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B3, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B4, Dark Circle, Indistinct BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B5, Centered Dark ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B6, Two Dark Objects, CrosshairFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B7, Helicopter Plus Circular ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B9, Dark Circle Below CrosshairFBI
• VIDAARO's Unresolved European Video, 2024All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• VIDFour-Object CENTCOM Infrared Formation August 2022Department of War
• VIDSyria Region CENTCOM Infrared Object Exits Frame 2021Department of War
• VIDEUCOM Spherical Object Erratic Movement August 2022Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM NAG Callsign Infrared Clip June 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Spherical UAP April 2021 First VideoDepartment of War
• VIDAFSOC Kabul 17-Second Infrared Clip July 2017Department of War
• VIDCoast Guard HC-144 Infrared UAP Tyndall April 2024Department of War
• VIDMultiple UAPs Transiting Water Near Submarine March 2022Department of War
• VIDKaraganda Airport Cell Phone UAP Digitally Altered 2022Department of War
• VIDTwo UAP Contacts Columbus Ohio November 2022Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Infrared Multiple UAP Contacts June 2022Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Infrared Tracks 57 Seconds January 2021Department of War
• VIDNovember 2020 CENTCOM Two-Object Infrared Track Part OneDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Three Fast-Moving Objects October 2020Department of War
• VIDAFRICOM Five-Second Transit Infrared October 2020Department of War
• VIDAFRICOM One-Second Frame Transit October 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Multi-Zoom Infrared Track October 2020Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Full-Motion Two-Second Contrast September 2020Department of War
• VIDEast Coast NORTHCOM 34-Second Infrared December 2019Department of War
• VIDCENTCOM Three Timed Transits September 2020Department of War
• VIDAugust 31 CENTCOM Multi-Object Infrared Part TwoDepartment of War
• VIDCENTCOM Active from 01:15 August 2020Department of War
• VIDPersian Gulf CENTCOM Infrared Track August 2020Department of War
• VIDGulf of Arabia 30-Second Dual UAP May 2020Department of War
• VIDGulf of Arabia Four-Minute Dual UAP May 2020Department of War
• VIDHH11 July 2018 Two Objects Resolve Into ThreeDepartment of War
• VIDPersian Gulf Infrared Formation Track 17 Minutes 2019Department of War
• PDFFive Army Witnesses, Angular Potato Over ColoradoIntelligence Community Agency
• PDFFederal Agents' Orange Orbs and Transparent VehicleDepartment of War
• VIDNORTHCOM Infrared Contact, Eastern U.S., 2020Department of War
• VIDReticle-Tracked Infrared Video, Atlantic Ocean 2016Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR21, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022Department of War
• PDFFederal Agent Tracks Formations Over Western RidgeDepartment of War
• PDFFive Sensor Targets Over Iraq, May 2022Department of War
• PDFSingle UAP Over Iraq, May 2022Department of War
• PDF434-Knot SWIR-Only Diamond Over MediterraneanDepartment of War
• PDFGlowing Sphere With Pole, Gulf of OmanDepartment of War
• PDFFour Sequential UAPs Over Arabian Gulf, 2020Department of War
• PDF'Plasma' Light Anomalies Over Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-D32, Mission Report, Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-D32, Mission Report, Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFRound Object's Erratic Moves Over Persian GulfDepartment of War
• PDFTwo IR Contacts Vanish in 1/30 SecondDepartment of War
• PDFThree Persian Gulf UAPs in Five Hours, 2020Department of War
• PDFUAP Outpaces ISR Over Gulf of AdenDepartment of War
• PDFTwo Round White-Hot UAPs at 240 KnotsDepartment of War
• VIDSWIR-Only Diamond, Greece 2024 (PR-28)Department of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR33, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024Department of War
• PDFFBI Photo B10, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B19, Centered Reticle ObjectFBI
• PDFNASA Independent UAP Study Final ReportNASA
• PDFUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth, Written Testimony of Michael Gold, November 13, 2024US House of Representatives
• VIDCENTCOM Spherical UAP April 2021 Second ObjectDepartment of War
• VIDThree-Second Infrared Crossing, Western US 1996Department of War
• PDFRange Fouler Debrief, Reflective Object 2020Department of War
• VIDAltered Infrared Footage, Eastern U.S. 2015Department of War
• VIDAuto-Tracked Infrared Object, Eastern US 2020Department of War
• VIDAC-130J Phone Capture Over OmanDepartment of War
• PDFSub-Minute UAP Over Syria, July 2022Department of War
• PDFF-15Es vs Three IR-Hot Objects Over SyriaDepartment of War
• PDFF-16s Track 10-20 Objects Above FL600Department of War
• PDFTwo Cold-Signature UAPs Over Persian GulfDepartment of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-D23, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023Department of War
• PDFObject Crossing Griffin Missile Path, IraqDepartment of War
• PDFLow-Altitude Circular UAP, Aegean SeaDepartment of War
• PDF321-Knot UAP Acceleration, Arabian GulfDepartment of War
• PDF40-Knot Hover Plus 278-Knot Pair, 2020Department of War
• PDFTriangular Metallic UAP Over AegeanDepartment of War
• PDFP-8A Sea-Skimming UAP, 500 Knots, 2016Department of War
• PDFProbable UAP, Arabian Gulf MISREP 2020Department of War
• PDFTwo-Minute Formation Over Persian Gulf, 2020Department of War
• PDFWeapons-Lock on Balloon-Like UAP, Arabian GulfDepartment of War
• PDF'Bouncy Ball' UAP at 424 Knots, SyriaDepartment of War
• PDFDOW-UAP-PR26, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023Department of War
• VIDFive-Minute Tracked IR Anomaly, 2020Department of War
• PDFKONA BLUE, History and Origin of KONA BLUE (AARO declassification)DHS / AARO
• PDFKONA BLUE, DHS Document Set (AARO declassification)DHS / AARO
• PDFUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth, Written Testimony of Michael Shellenberger (Immaculate Constellation submission), November 13, 2024US House of Representatives
• PDFFederal Agent's Red Orbs, Western US, October 2023Department of War
• PDFGrusch's Sworn Opening Statement, July 2023U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• PDFGrusch/Fravor/Graves Full Transcript, July 2023U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• PDFUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth, House Oversight Hearing Transcript, November 13, 2024US House of Representatives
• PDFUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth, Written Testimony of Rear Adm. (ret.) Tim Gallaudet, November 13, 2024US House of Representatives
• VIDAC-130J Films Cold Orb Over OmanDepartment of War
• VID58-Second Air Force IR Sensor Clip, 2020Department of War

Findings · 50

• 2020sAARO's FY2024 report: 757 new cases, 1,652 in the database, every closed case resolved, 21 still open, and Starlink keeps doing the heavy lifting.
• 2020sAARO's mandated 1945–2023 historical review: no verifiable evidence of any extraterrestrial recovery program, and the famous 1961 SNIE document is a fabrication.
• 2020sSame FY2024 AARO consolidated report, the 508-compliant version mirrored on aaro.mil.
• 2020sAARO Historical Record Vol I, same conclusion as the v2 mirror, with ~30 interviews behind it: no extraterrestrial recovery program found, persistent claims traced to circular reporting since at least 2009.
• 2020sSame AARO Historical Record Vol I, mirrored at media.defense.gov, the canonical DOPSR-cleared release.
• 2020sAARO closed GoFast in February 2025: ordinary object at 13,000 feet, 5–92 mph, the hypersonic skim was 2.5 miles of altitude misread as speed.
• 2020sThe August 2023 AARO website launch, the public face of UAP case resolution, anchored by the GoFast methodology card.
• 2020sAARO director Sean Kirkpatrick's April 2023 SASC briefing, the first time the office laid out its full UAP mission to a Senate committee, with declassified Middle East orb video.
• 2020sAARO's case resolution on the January 2023 Eglin AFB MQ-9 footage, the first AARO closed case made fully public.
• 2020sAARO closed the 2013 Aguadilla 'transmedium splitting object' video in March 2025: two sky lanterns at 656 ft drifting at wind speed, splitting was parallax.
• 2020sSame Aguadilla resolution, mirrored under AARO's case-resolution roll-up directory.
• 2020sAARO's Al Taqaddum 'jellyfish' resolution, 17 minutes of IR aerostat footage from October 2017, fully resolved as a balloon cluster.
• 2020sSame Al Taqaddum resolution mirrored at the August 2023 AARO website launch directory.
• 2020sAguadilla resolution at the AARO website launch, predates the formal February 2025 case close, captured the methodology in flight.
• War.gov August 7, 2026CENTCOM released 99 seconds of contrast and careful caveats.
• War.gov August 7, 2026Thirty infrared seconds show tracking, zoom, and no analytic verdict.
• War.gov August 7, 2026A 51-second infrared track arrives without an identification.
• War.gov July 10, 2026The Navy sent AARO 20 seconds of infrared, without an explanation.
• War.gov July 10, 2026The Atlantic infrared contact traveled with the wind.
• War.gov July 10, 2026Yellow Sea footage ran nearly five minutes, then lost coherence.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026Lake Huron shoot-down video entered the UAP release.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026The PR099 title and record date disagree by two days.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026The Coast Guard sensor lost both Tyndall contacts.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026A fifth-generation platform tracked a NORTHCOM contrast object.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026The Eglin object fades while the sensor is still tracking.
• War.gov May 8th 2026Three independent two-person federal-agent teams logged orange orbs, fiery spheres and transparent kites across two evenings.
• 2020sFY2022 ODNI / AARO annual report, 510 cataloged sightings, the database that crossed from one-shot assessment into ongoing institutional process.
• War.gov June 12, 2026Six agents saw orbs. AARO solved sixty percent.
• War.gov August 7, 2026The next cellphone clip adds duration, not native sensor data.
• War.gov May 8th 2026Five discrete light events over Syria in 45 minutes, propulsion logged as UNKNOWN, physical-state logged as PLASMA.
• War.gov June 12, 2026Five soldiers watched a white bean hold still, then vanish.
• War.gov July 10, 2026AARO received the 11-second infrared clip after digital alteration.
• War.gov June 12, 2026A 20-foot orange circle is a poor hillside accessory.
• War.gov June 12, 2026The potato got a low-confidence sunlight theory.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026PR095 spends nearly three minutes on blank footage.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026One 2018 CENTCOM object resolves into three contacts.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026A Coast Guard HC-144 logged a recent tic-tac-style contact.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026The submarine-adjacent USO title outruns AARO's analysis.
• War.gov May 22nd 2026Kazakhstan phone footage was altered before classified upload.
• War.gov July 10, 2026A reflective contact crossed eastern U.S. military airspace.
• War.gov May 8th 2026An AFSOC ISR crew filmed a glowing sphere with a vertical pole hanging beneath it, skimming 140 knots above the Gulf of Oman.
• War.gov May 8th 2026A Navy aircrew on night DCA locked two IR contacts circling each other at 26,000 feet, both vanished in roughly 1/30 of a second.
• War.gov May 8th 2026An Air Force ISR crew over the Mediterranean tracked a diamond-shaped object at 434 knots that was visible only on short-wave infrared, invisible to optical sensors.
• War.gov May 8th 2026Air Force ISR over the Gulf of Aden tracked a UAP moving northwest faster than the observing aircraft until it outpaced pursuit.
• War.gov June 12, 2026Vehicle mimicry failed the terrain test.
• War.gov May 8th 2026A US P-8A's EO/IR caught a sea-skimming object at 500 knots threading between Russian vessel INGUL ARS and an unidentified ship.
• War.gov May 8th 2026An Air Force ISR crew over Syria tracked a solid object "shaped as a bouncy ball" at 424 knots for seven minutes.
• War.gov May 8th 2026A two-ship F-16 flight watched 10 to 20 objects maneuver above 60,000 feet over Syria and tracked them on the targeting pod for twenty seconds before they dimmed out.
• War.gov August 7, 2026Sixteen seconds preserve the Gulf of Oman case at second hand.
• 2020sThe Grusch / Fravor / Graves House Oversight hearing, sworn testimony on alleged retrieval programs, with Chairman Grothman noting AARO's classified budget blocks meaningful oversight.

Scholarly research · 12

• PAPERPhysical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial PhenomenaLoeb et al. · 2023
• PAPERAn environmental analysis of public UAP sightings and sky view potentialMedina et al. · 2023
• PAPERThe New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena (UAP)Knuth et al. · 2025
• PAPERUnidentified aerospace-undersea phenomena (UAP) status and outlookPlatzer · 2025
• PAPERDetection, Characterization, and Evaluation of Unidentified Anomalous PhenomenaCommittee · 2023
• PAPERThe Scientific Investigation of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) Using Multimodal Ground-Based ObservatoriesWatters et al. · 2023
• PAPERInitial Results from the First Field Expedition of UAPx to Study Unidentified Anomalous PhenomenaSzydagis et al. · 2023
• PAPERGalileo Project Observatory Class System ArchitectureBridgham et al. · 2025
• PAPERThe UFO Enigma: A Call for US Government DisclosureNell · 2025
• PAPERInvestment in UAP Technology and Ventures: Opportunities, Challenges, and a Way ForwardVirk · 2025
• PAPERUnidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Policy Implications for the Government of the United KingdomMcCaw · 2024
• PAPERThe Prospect of Executive Branch UAP Secrecy: The Harm to Congress and Potential RemediesSkafish · 2024

Quick facts

What is AARO?

AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) is a Pentagon office created in July 2022 to receive, investigate, and resolve U.S. government sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) across air, sea, space, and trans-medium environments.

When was AARO created?

AARO was established in July 2022 within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, succeeding the earlier AOIMSG and AOIMEXEC offices.

What kind of reports does AARO receive?

AARO receives standardized UAP Mission Reports (MISREPs) from U.S. military aircrew, sensor operators, and observers. These are forwarded from operating units after a sighting cannot be resolved through normal intelligence channels.