The updated UAP Reporting Trends, as seen in the Annual Report on UAP released last month and during Dr. Kosloski's testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on Nov. 19, is now available on AARO's website.

View the full video of the Puerto Rico objects here:

See AARO's presentation to the committee here:

Yesterday, AARO Director Dr. Jon Kosloski held his first media roundtable with the Pentagon press corps, on the release of AARO’s latest Annual Report on UAP. You can read the transcript here:

Here is a direct link to the report:

Read the GENADMIN message here:

(1/2) Operational UAP reporting provides essential data to AARO and helps DOD to better understand and respond to UAP. Last year, AARO worked with the Joint Staff to issue guidance to the military services and combatant commands on how to report UAP incidents.

Today, Dr. Jon Kosloski arrived as AARO's new director. Read more about him and the announcement here:

This week, AARO is celebrating two years since its establishment. We look forward to continuing our work to improve UAP data collection and analysis, standardize reporting within DoD, resolve UAP cases, and further examine the U.S. government historical record relating to UAP.

In 2022, AARO contracted Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to analyze a magnesium alloy specimen alleged to demonstrate extraordinary qualities. ORNL's findings and AARO's assessment of the object's likely origin are available here:

Great two days at AUI's UAP workshop, May 16-17. Thanks @NSF for facilitating. AARO valued the opportunity to discuss UAP with participants from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines. We thank all attendees for sharing their perspectives.

Forced perspective and parallax are two optical illusions that can influence the accuracy of UAP reports reviewed by AARO. Read here for an overview of these illusions and their impact on observers’ perceptions of unknown objects:

Today, AARO released its resolution for the case known as the "Eglin UAP." It presents AARO's analysis of a January 2023 event reported by a military pilot operating in the Eglin Air Force Base training range off the coast of Florida. Read about the case

AARO’s Historical Record Report Volume 1 includes discussion of KONA BLUE, a prospective special access program. To learn more about its history and origin, see the documents released by DoD and DHS here:

Last month, Acting Director Tim Phillips attended the Defence Geospatial Intelligence Conference in London. This was an opportunity to engage with experts from around the world about GEOINT techniques and tools, which are essential for the successful resolution of UAP cases.

By law, AARO may receive any UAP-related information, at all levels of classification, regardless of special access requirements or whether it originated within DoD, the Intelligence Community, or any other USG department or agency. Read more on this here: