SASC Brief 2023
AI Summary
The SASC Brief 2023 provides an overview of UAP reporting trends from 1996 to 2023, highlighting characteristics, performance, and unresolved cases observed by the U.S. Department of Defense's All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
Key Findings
- UAPs typically reported at altitudes of 10k to 30k feet. - Common UAP characteristics include round morphology and sizes ranging from 1 to 4 meters. - No thermal exhaust detected in propulsion signatures. - Notable UAP hotspots identified in the Middle East and South Asia. - Ongoing analysis of unresolved cases, including potential misidentifications.
OCR Text
ALL- 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 R eleased 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, 2 023 Department of Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review UAP Reporting Trends 1996-2023 REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES TYPICALLY-REPORTED UAP CHARACTERISTICS Appearance MorphologyRound, Atypical Orientation Size1- 4 Meters ColorWhite, Silver, Translucent Performance Altitude10k – 30k feet VelocityStationary to Mach 2 Signatures PropulsionNo thermal exhaust detected Radar Intermittent, X-Band (8-12 GHz) Radio1- 3 GHz, 8-12 GHz Thermal Intermittent, Shortwave Infrared, Medium-Wave Infrared REPORTED UAP-MORPHOLOGY Orb, Round, Sphere, 52% Ambiguous Sensor Contact, 0% Other, 1% Lights, 1% Ova l, 1% Cylinder, 1% Disk, 2% Triangle, 2% Rectangle, 2% Square, 3% Polygon, 5% TicTac, 6% Vector, 23% REPORTED-UAP HOTSPOTS 030 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/6/2025 3 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Middle East, 2022: MQ-9 observed apparent spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors CHA RACTERISTICSPERFORMANCESIGNATURESBEHAVIOREFFECTS UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with other “metallic orb” observations in the region No demonstration of enigmatic technical capabi lities 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 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841 (a)(1)(C) Date: 02/06/2025 4 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED South Asia, 2023: MQ-9 observed UAP object apparently tailed by potentially-anomalous atmospheric wake CHA RACTERISTICSPERFORMANCESIGNATURESBEHAVIOREFFECTS Phenomenon observed in other forward-looking infrared, full-motion video by same platform The “trail” appears to be cavitation, similar tothose caused d uring 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 the object is commercial aircraft transiting known flight paths Analyses pending peer-review of mission-partners’ analytic findings PENDING PEER-REVIEW South Asia UAP observed with apparent wake, likely resolved as commercial airliner and video-compression artifact, respectively (U) 030 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 2/6/2025 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
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