ODNI 2022 Annual Report on UAP
🏛️ Office of the Director of National Intelligence
The first annual unclassified UAP report required by law, covering reports received after the 2021 assessment.
Key points
- 366 new reports came in, bringing the total to 510.
- 163 were judged to be balloons or balloon-like, 26 drones and 6 airborne clutter such as birds or plastic bags.
- 171 were still uncharacterized; some appeared to show unusual flight behaviour needing more study.
- No reported collisions; safety of flight was named as a concern.
Why it matters
It showed that once data improved, a large share of reports turned out to have ordinary causes.
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence. (2023). ODNI 2022 Annual Report on UAP. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Unclassified-2022-Annual-Report-UAP.pdfRelated records
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