UAP Case Resolution Reports

Al Taqaddam Case Resolution

On October 23, 2017, an infrared (IR) sensor aboard an aerostat force protection dirigible (blimp) operating at 2,700 feet above Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, recorded 17 minutes and 30 seconds of footage featuring an unidentified object that appears to be floating above the ground.

AARO assesses with high confidence that the Al Taqaddum object did not exhibit anomalous behavior or capabilities. AARO assesses with high confidence that the object was consistent with a cluster of fully and partially inflated balloons.

Al Taqaddum Case Resolution
Al Taqaddum Object Video
Mt. Etna Case Resolution

In December 2018, a shortwave infrared (SWIR) camera onboard a U.S. military uncrewed aerial system (UAS) operating near U.S. Naval Air Station Sigonella over the Mediterranean Sea south of Sicily, Italy, captured 12 minutes of infrared video of an eruption of Mt. Etna. For approximately four and a half minutes, a round object appears on the video and seems to exhibit anomalous performance characteristics by moving at high speeds and transiting a superheated gas and ash plume produced by the eruption.

Mt. Etna Object Case Resolution
Mt. Etna Object Video
Puerto Rico Case Resolution

On April 26, 2013, an infrared sensor onboard a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft captured footage of a UAP event over the Rafael Hernandez Airport near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The footage appears to depict a UAP moving at high speed, splitting into two objects, and entering and exiting the water before disappearing into the ocean off Puerto Rico's northwestern coast. AARO assesses with high confidence that the objects did not demonstrate anomalous speeds or flight behaviors. An Intelligence Community partner's reconstruction of the flight path and look angle from the infrared sensor indicates that the video instead depicts two objects traveling near each other rather than a single object splitting into two. This reconstruction also demonstrates that the objects traveled in a straight line at wind speed and did not enter the water at any point.

Puerto Rico Case Resolution
Puerto Rico Object Video
Puerto Rico Object Digital Systems Toolkit Reconstruction
GoFast Case Resolution

In January 2015, a U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot recorded an object using a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensor about 13,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida.

GoFast Case Resolution
Eglin Case Resolution

A military pilot reported the object due to its potential as a flight safety hazard and an incursion into a sensitive training range.

Eglin Case Resolution Report
Atmospheric Wake Case Resolution

These reports were submitted after three different missions in the Middle East, and the Mediterranean Sea in 2022 and 2023. The reports were filed due to the potential hazard posed to the mission and because the videos depict a potentially anomalous propulsion signature.

Atmospheric Wake Case Resolution Report
Southeast Asia Triangles Case Resolution

Six triangular objects in a formation were originally flagged as potentially anomalous and potentially posing a risk to navigation.

Southeast Asia Triangles Case Resolution Report
Western United States Case Resolution

Military personnel reported this observation as UAP presenting a potential incursion into restricted airspace. They described equidistant lights flying at a relatively constant pace.

Western United States Case Resolution Report