UAP Count

“Of these reports, 708 occurred in the air domain, 49 occurred in the space domain, and none occurred in the maritime or transmedium domains.”

“As of May 31, 2024, AARO has an additional 174 cases queued for closure, pending a final review and Director's approval. As of the publishing date of this report, all 174 cases have been finalized as resolved to prosaic objects including balloons, birds, UAS, satellites, and aircraft.”

“AARO determined 21 cases merit further analysis by its IC and science and technology (S&T) partners.”

“Of the 757 reports 392 were from the FAA, which consisted of all of the FAA's UAP reports since 2021.”

“The remaining 444 cases lacked sufficient data to facilitate analysis and were placed in the Active Archive where they will be held for pattern of life and trend analysis or reexamined if additional data becomes available.”

“U.S. military aircrews provided two reports that identified flight safety concerns, and three reports described pilots being trailed or shadowed by UAP.”

“During this reporting period, 81 reports originated from U.S. military operating areas.”

“Of the reports AARO received during the reporting period, 170 reports during the reporting period (22.4% of total) which contained insufficient or no information to enable a morphological characterization.”

“Of the 392 FAA reports received during the reporting period, only one report mentioned a possible flight safety issue during the event.”

“AARO received a total of 18 reports from the Administrator for Nuclear Security and Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission regarding incidents near U.S. nuclear infrastructure, weapons, and launch sites.”

“In addition to the 144 UAP reports covered during the 17 years of UAP reporting included in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) preliminary assessment, there have been 247 new reports and another 119 that were either since discovered or reported after the preliminary assessment's time period.”

“This totals 510 UAP reports as of 30 August 2022.”

“U.S. military assets operating over the East Asian Seas provided 100 reports, and AARO resolved 40 of these cases as balloons or UAS.”

“As of October 24, 2024, there are 1652 reports in total.”

“U.S. military assets deployed to the Middle East provided 57 reports, and AARO resolved 13 of these cases as balloons, UAS, or satellites.”

“AARO received 757 UAP reports during this period; 485 of these reports featured UAP incidents that occurred during the reporting period. The remaining 272 reports featured UAP incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2022 but were not reported to AARO until this reporting period and consequently were not included in previous annual UAP reports.”

“AARO resolved 118 cases during the reporting period, all of which resolved to prosaic objects such as various types of balloons, birds, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS).”

“144 reports originated from USG sources. Of these, 80 reports involved observation with multiple sensors.”

“AARO received a total of 247 new UAP reports”

“the UAPTF concentrated its review on reports that occurred between 2004 and 2021, the majority of which are a result of this new tailored process to better capture UAP events through formalized reporting”

“The dataset described in this report is currently limited primarily to U.S. Government reporting of incidents occurring from November 2004 to March 2021”

“AARO found no evidence that any USG investigation, academic-sponsored research, or official review panel has confirmed that any sighting of a UAP represented extraterrestrial technology.”

“AARO received 757 UAP reports during this period; 485 of these reports featured UAP incidents that occurred during the reporting period.”

“UAP Attribution: The assessed natural or artificial source of the phenomenon and includes solar, weather, tidal events; U.S. Government, scientific, industry, and private activities; and foreign (allied or adversary) government, scientific, industry, and private activities.”

“In 18 incidents, described in 21 reports, observers reported unusual UAP movement patterns or flight characteristics.”

“Most of the UAP reported probably do represent physical objects given that a majority of UAP were registered across multiple sensors, to include radar, infrared, electro-optical, weapon seekers, and visual observation.”

“There are probably multiple types of UAP requiring different explanations based on the range of appearances and behaviors described in the available reporting.”

“Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena”

“UAP documented in this limited dataset demonstrate an array of aerial behaviors”

“Unidentified Aerial Phenomena study”