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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).

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 Revi…

…to CG, AMC, Subj: Analysis of Proj. "Grudge" Reported Incidents 4. It is believed that certain of the items in the questionnaire "Checklist-Unidentified Flying Objects” produce insignificant and un- reliable data from an observer. These are; 9. Distance of object from observer; ll. Altitude; 12. Speed; and 16. Size. For any unfamiliar object beyond the focal…

… { 4 4 —— ee ee (CLASSIFICATION) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION R REPORT NO Je ee veni LL tic $5 April 1950, se e@ Vet Sees b. The story told how, Worth, Texas, "objects he said definitely were some scr 3 yoe which ever seen before," ine photographs admittedly retouched to bring o Shaped objects, in echelon formation, two of + were apparently publication of th…

… 1948 COUNTRY | REPORT NO. (LEAVEBLANE) 2 oF e's 3 cn FH, United States MS ha ae et AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Report of Unidentiri. ed Aerial Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) ; Princeton, New Jersey Det #3, 670th Grd Obsr Sq, Trenton, N.J. DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION ; EVALUATION 3 March 1953 1 March 1953 PREPARED BY (Officer) d…

…louds at approximately .2500 The clouds obscured the objects and they were immediately lost from si At the time of original sighting there was a clear sky backeround, ippeared on the edge sky 3 fe) rae Ps Ri Thy ley rea of the sun. The objects remained in vision for Coordinates of approximately 5 minutes. the theodolite are lat. 32° 40 minut-< N ana long. 11…

… APPRUvev 1 JUNE 1. 3 COUNTRY | REPORT NO. (LEAVE, Bei 4 / FG x > ‘ | ad é USS | IR= 1-53 AFH § AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Four (4+) Miles North Beau Gallie,Florida 6541 Missile Test Wing, Intelligence (MTVrW) DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 9 January 1953 5 January 1953…

…E 1948 : , 7 | e . ; fet 2 rt ad “o United States | ‘B2e2_ 4 Be ne Fé wee ie be AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION | REPORT | SUBJECT ‘ Report of Unidentified Flying Object —- — —— -__-— ~— AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency ) Columbus, Ohio Director of Intelligence, Hq Comd, USAF “DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION _ EVALUATION 29 July 1952 27 July 1952 Unkn own. PREP…

Analysis of a UAP incident over Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, observed by U.S. Army service members, suggests the object may have been a result of backscattering of sunlight rather than an unknown aerial phenomenon.

…d to approach east by northeast. It apreared to change its course of flight toward Love Field." Through a pair of 7x50-power binoculars Mr. Fechenbach said the object appeared to have "Delta-type" wings (swept back like on modern jet planes) and "that it seemed to bover east and northeast of the field." a a dé estimated its closest approach at about 50 miles…

… and possibly Mars, according to investigator Philip J. Klass. The pilot's claims were contradicted by FAA communications, which indicated he lost sight of the object after a turn. Klass noted that the pilot did not mention the celestial bodies that were clearly visible at the time of the sighting.

…rom the road and appeared to be approximately twenty | (20) feet in diameter travelling at an altitude of twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) feet parallel to the ground. AIRMAN @fstates that ho watched the light or object for probably two (2) seconds and that in this time, it travelled about two hundred (200) feet in a horizontal course to the east and disappea…

A Japanese pilot reported being shadowed by a large unidentified flying object (UFO) while flying over Alaska. The FAA investigated the incident but could not confirm the object's presence on radar recordings, leading to speculation about its origin.

… from the road and appeared to be approximately twenty (20) feet in diameter travelling at an altitude of twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) feet parallel to the ground. AIRMAN DAMON states that he watched the light or object for probably two (2) seconds and that in this time, it travelled about two hundred (200) feet in a horizontal course to the east and disa…

…graph. List inclosures at lower left, Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) t ' i On 27 January 1953 at approximately 1915 hours MST, an unidentifiable object was Sighted by while standing in the yard at his hone in. Cottonwood, Arizona, The approximate position of Cottonwood, Arizona is 112° 2 minutes est Longitude and 3° lb minutes north latitude. …

…A ad ie Ried h e J fA ai’ f Chandler, Arizona : fs f ae / if Dear Sirs area / $ Last night, 27 Jan 53, at 1915 hrs, I sighted in the eastern sky an illuminated object moving in a horizontal direction proceeding south at an estimated altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet; at an estimated distance of not less than seven nor more than ten miles and travelihge at 350…

…y 1953 Commanding Officer Williams Air Force Base Chandler, Arizona Dear Sirs 7 Last night, 27 Jan 53, at 1915 hrs, I sighted in the eastern sky an illuminated object moving in a horizontal direction proceeding south at an estimated altitude of 8,000 to 10,000 feet; at an estimated distance of not less than seven nor more than ten miles and traveling at 350 …

…dison 7411 »TrG j2i148 if oe; See, 7 SES | ee ° 4a ‘eA QO / A aie 4 August 1952 j : 4 SUBJECT: (Unclassified) Reporting of Information on ' Unidentified Flying Objects i ae Wad bee { | (0 ; LAL A 7 f | na TO: Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Fiftdpnth Air Force, March Air Force Base, Riverside, California 1. On & August 1952 Robert and Regina Bromley, …

…Be29 which was supposedly flying over Houlton at Approximately 1000 EST on a magnetic heading of 070 degrees, When over the St. John River the pilot spotted an object straight ahead of us, I finally saw the object after he had pointed it out repeatedly. We turned right so as to displace object to the left, We then resumed our 070 degrees heading and chased t…

RESTRIGIZ I . 7 20. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an “A” at the beginning € of the path, a “B®” at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. Ae }/ 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. feet. 22. How large did th…