FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP
🏛️ Department of Defense · AARO
AARO’s annual unclassified report covering May 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024.
Key points
- 757 reports in total: 485 new in the period and 272 older ones from 2021–2022 not counted before.
- 392 of the reports came through the Federal Aviation Administration.
- 118 cases were resolved as ordinary objects such as balloons, birds, drones and satellites.
- No evidence of extraterrestrial origin; 49 reports involved the space domain, with Starlink-related reports rising.
Why it matters
It shows reporting by civilian pilots growing fast, and satellites becoming a common cause.
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Department of Defense · AARO. (2024). FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP. https://odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/DOD-AARO-Consolidated-Annual-Report-on-UAP-Nov2024.pdfRelated records
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