030_SASC_Brief_2023.pdf

A LL-DOMAIN  ANOMALY  RESOLUTION  OFFICE
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
The US Department of Defense &
the UAP Mission
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director
030
All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office
Chief of Staff, AARO
Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 
Date: 2/6/2025
Released in Full: X
Case Number: 330UAP000030
Page determined to be Unclassified
Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C)
Date: 2/6/2025

ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
UNCLASSIFIED
CLEARED FOR OPEN PUBLICATION
APR 17, 2023
Department of Defense
Office of Prepublication and Security Review
UAP Reporting Trends 
1996-2023
REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES
TYPICALLY-REPORTED 
UAP CHARACTERISTICS
Appearance
Morphology
Round, Atypical Orientation
Size
1-4 Meters
Color
White, Silver, Translucent
Performance
Altitude
10k – 30k feet
Velocity
Stationary to Mach 2
Signatures
Propulsion
No thermal exhaust detected
Radar
Intermittent, X-Band (8-12 
GHz)
Radio
1-3 GHz, 8-12 GHz
Thermal
Intermittent, Shortwave 
Infrared, Medium-Wave 
Infrared
REP…

3
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Middle East, 2022:  MQ-9 observed apparent 
spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors
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CHARACTERISTICS
PERFORMANCE
SIGNATURES
BEHAVIOR
EFFECTS
UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with 
other “metallic orb” observations in the region
No demonstration of enigmatic technical 
capabilities and no apparent threat to airborne-
asset safety
Case in “active archive,” pending discovery of 
additional data
AARO uses active-archive cases for trend and 
statistical analyses
UNRESOLVED,
IN ACTIVE-ARCHIVE
Middle East UAP, unresolved (U)
030
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4
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
South Asia, 2023:  MQ-9 observed UAP object apparently 
tailed by potentially-anomalous atmospheric wake
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CHARACTERISTICS
PERFORMANCE
SIGNATURES
BEHAVIOR
EFFECTS
Phenomenon observed in other forward-looking 
infrared, full-motion video by same platform
The “trail” appears to be cavitation, similar to those 
caused during propulsion
Visible trail is a camera-software artifact
Video-compression algorithms overlay captured 
image on previous frame and resolve differences in 
the gray, infrared gradient
Analyses of the morphology and traffic-control data 
suggest t…

U.S. Department of Defense
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director
030
Page determined to be Unclassified 
Reviewed by Chief, AARO 
IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) 
Date: 02/06/2025