SASC_AARO_Open_Hearing_Case_Slides_2024-11-19.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 
RESOLUTION OFFICE
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Dr. Jon Kosloski
Director, AARO
UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
UAP REPORTING TRENDS: JANUARY 1, 1996 – OCTOBER 10, 2024
REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES
8.7%
8.0%
10.0%
25.8%
17.8%
6.1%
4.6%
4.0%
2.8%
6.1%
2.3%
3.3%
0.4%
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10K
15K
20K
25K
30K
35K
40K
45K
50K
55K
60K
>60K
CLOSED CASES RESOLUTION OUTCOMES
Satellite(s), 1%
Balloon(s), 75%
UAS(s), 16%
Other, 1%
Aircraft, 1%
Bird(s), 6%
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REPORTED UAP-MORPHOLOGY
Orb, Round, 
Sphere, 31%
Ambiguous 
Sensor 
Contact, 5%
Other, 5%
Lights, 46%
Cylinder, 5%
Disk, 1%
Triangle, 3%
Square/Polygon, 3%
TicTac, 2%
Mt Everest
Commercial Air Traffic
Weather Balloo…

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
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Event:  On April 26, 2013, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) aircraft
recorded infrared (IR) video of a potential unidentified anomalous phenomenon
(UAP) over Puerto Rico’s Rafael Hernandez Airport.  The video appears to show
an object traveling at high speed, splitting into two objects, and entering and
exiting the water.  The object was deemed anomalous based on these initial
perceptions.
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Findings:  AARO, in coordination with Intelligence Community (IC) and Science
and Technology (S&T) partners assess with high confidenc…

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
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THE PUERTO RICO OBJECT
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Analytic Factors:  Perception of objects’
fading in and out due to Thermal
Crossover.
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Trajectory reconstruction shows the
objects traveled southwest in a straight
line at a consistent speed of ≈3.6
meters per second while slowly
descending to ≈200 meters.
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Winds were 7 knots (3.6 m/s) out of the
east-northeast. Cloud cover was
approximately 50 percent, with scattered
clouds at 914 meters (3000 feet).
Vector analysis is used to plot the line of sight of the sensor as a function of time.  Using a closest-appro…

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
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Event: In January 2015, U.S. Navy aircraft recorded an object 
appearing to travel at high speeds close to the ocean surface off 
Florida’s east coast.
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Findings:  Following in-depth computational analysis of Navy aircraft’s 
flight characteristics and sensor readings, AARO, in coordination with 
S&T partners, assesses with high confidence the UAP did not 
demonstrate any anomalous speeds or flight characteristics.
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Analytic Factors: The UAP’s altitude is assessed with high confidence 
as approximately 13,000 feet above sea l…

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ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
MT. ETNA OBJECT
▪Event:  In 2018, a U.S. UAV flying over the Mediterranean Sea observed
an eruption by Italy’s Mt. Etna, capturing video of a potential UAP
seemingly passing through the volcano's plume with no apparent impact
to its performance, altitude and bearing.
▪Findings:  AARO, in coordination with IC and S&T partners, assesses with
moderate confidence that the object was a balloon drifting with the wind
approximately 170 kilometers from the volcano.
▪Analytic Factors:  Coordinated analysis employed full-motion video
analysis soft…

UNCLASSIFIED
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE (AARO)
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY 
RESOLUTION OFFICE
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Dr. Jon Kosloski
Director, AARO
UNCLASSIFIED