AARO: All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

Primary documents · 84

• PDFAARO's First SASC Briefing, April 2023All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), U.S. Department of Defense
• PDFODNI/AARO FY2023 Consolidated ReportODNI / DoD (AARO)
• PDFODNI/AARO FY2023 Annual UAP ReportODNI / DoD (AARO)
• VIDMiddle East Metallic Orb, MQ-9 FootageAll-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 Historical Record Report, Volume I, 2024DoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• 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
• VID'U/I Small Thermal Signature' IR Clip, 2020Department 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
• VIDFive-Minute Tracked IR Anomaly, 2020Department of War
• VID58-Second Air Force IR Sensor 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 A4, Dark Circle Below ReticleFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A5, Dark Circle Lower RightFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A8, Small Irregular ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B11, Dark Circle Above MountainsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B22, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B9, Dark Circle Below CrosshairFBI
• 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
• PDFLow-Altitude Circular UAP, Aegean (PR-35)Department of War
• PDFNASA Independent UAP Study Final ReportNASA
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Wikimedia MirrorDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Pentagon Canonical PDFDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFGrusch/Fravor/Graves Full Transcript, July 2023U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• PDFGrusch's Sworn Opening Statement, July 2023U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
• PDFUSCENTCOM Submits Annotated UAP Still, 2022Department of War
• VIDSWIR-Only Diamond, Greece 2024 (PR-28)Department of War
• VID'Football With Three Spokes' IR Clip, 2024Department of War
• IMGFBI Photo A6, Dark Circle in ReticleFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B1, Object Above Mountain RangeFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B12, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B13, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B16, Two Irregular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B17, Two Circular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B2, Dark Circle, Indistinct BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B23, Dark Elongated ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B5, Centered Dark ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B8, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFSyria 'Misshapen Light' MISREP, October 2024Department of War
• 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 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
• VIDAl Taqaddum Jellyfish 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 FY2024 Annual UAP Report, ODNI CopyDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO FY2024 Consolidated Annual ReportDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• 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
• PDFStrait of Hormuz UAP Sighting, October 2020Department of War
• PDFThree Persian Gulf UAPs in Five Hours, 2020Department of War
• PDFSub-Minute UAP, Syria July 2022Department of War
• VIDInverted Teardrop With Vertical Pole, 2024Department of War
• PDFCircular UAP, 90-Degree Turns Above AegeanDepartment of War
• PDFRound Erratic Object, ATFLIR Persian Gulf 2020Department of War
• IMGFBI Photo A2, Dark Circle in CrosshairFBI
• IMGFBI Photo A3, Centered Dark CircleFBI
• PDF321-Knot UAP Acceleration, Arabian GulfDepartment of War
• PDFUAP Outpaces ISR Over Gulf of AdenDepartment of War
• VIDAARO's Unresolved European Video, 2024DoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• IMGFBI Photo A7, Light Circle With Bright SpeckFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B10, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B14, Two Dark CirclesFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B15, Two Circular ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B18, Two Elongated ObjectsFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B19, Centered Reticle ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B20, Above-Crosshair ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B21, Above-Crosshair ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B24, Dark Irregular ObjectFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B3, Dark Circle, Mountain BackdropFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B6, Two Dark Objects, CrosshairFBI
• PDFFBI Photo B7, Helicopter Plus Circular ObjectFBI

Findings · 19

• 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 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.
• May 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.
• 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 AARO Historical Record Vol I, mirrored at media.defense.gov, the canonical DOPSR-cleared release.
• 2020sThe Grusch / Fravor / Graves House Oversight hearing, sworn testimony on alleged retrieval programs, with Chairman Grothman noting AARO's classified budget blocks meaningful oversight.
• May 2026Five discrete light events over Syria in 45 minutes, propulsion logged as UNKNOWN, physical-state logged as PLASMA.
• 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 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's case resolution on the January 2023 Eglin AFB MQ-9 footage, the first AARO closed case made fully public.
• 2020sSame FY2024 AARO consolidated report, the 508-compliant version mirrored on aaro.mil.
• 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.
• May 2026Air Force ISR over the Gulf of Aden tracked a UAP moving northwest faster than the observing aircraft until it outpaced pursuit.

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.