021_AARO_Trifold_Jan2025.pdf

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Media Inquiries: 
Air  ▪  Maritime  ▪  Space
OBJECTS COMMONLY 
REPORTED AS UAP
While AARO receives a wide range of 
reports, many of which remain unsolved 
objects/causes reported as UAP Include
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Airborne clutter
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• Commercial or military aircraft
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Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Space launches
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Satellites
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Celestial objects
Image of a Starlink 4-34 launch
Updated: October 2024
All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Chief of Staff, AARO
Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 
Date:…

MISSION, VISION & FUNCTION
AARO emerged from congressional and 
U.S. Government recognition that UAP 
present possible hazards and threats 
across service, regional, and domain 
boundaries. 
MISSION:  
Minimize technical and intelligence 
intelligence and operational detection, 
of UAP in the vicinity of national security 
areas.
VISION: 
detected, tracked, analyzed, and 
managed by way of normalized DoD, 
IC, and civil business practices; by 
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transparency and shared awareness.
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ABOUT AARO
UAP
UAP are …