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[STAMP: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]
[STAMP: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA]
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena October 2023
CLEARED For Open Publication Oct 17, 2023
Department of Defense OFFICE OF PREPUBLICATION AND SECURITY REVIEW
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- Page 1 UNCLASSIFIED [STAMP: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] [STAMP: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE…
- Page 2 UNCLASSIFIED Table of Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS III. UAP REPORTING IS INCREASING ACROSS THE USG, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED ANALYTIC PROCESSES IS REVEALING…
- Page 3 UNCLASSIFIED I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to a requirement established in…
- Page 4 UNCLASSIFIED effects, such as parallax, that can cause observational misperceptions. Based on the ability to resolve cases to date, with an increase in the quality of data secured, the unidentified…
- Page 5 UNCLASSIFIED II. SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS Scope This consolidated annual report is provided by DoD and ODNI in response to a requirement established in the NDAA for FY 2022, Section 1683(h), as amended…
- Page 6 UNCLASSIFIED III. UAP REPORTING IS INCREASING ACROSS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG), AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED ANALYTIC PROCESSES IS REVEALING TRENDS A. Overall Trend Analysis The report covers…
- Page 7 UNCLASSIFIED Figure 1: Reported UAP Morphologies FY 2023 Orb, Round, Sphere 25% Ambiguous Sensor Contact 5% Rectangle 2% Triangle 1% Irregular shapes [ILLEGIBLE]% Disk 2% Cylinder 1% Oval 4% Not…
- Page 8 UNCLASSIFIED Figure 3: Reported UAP Altitudes FY 2023 REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Figure 4: World Map Illustrating Geographic…
- Page 9 UNCLASSIFIED C. Increased FAA Reporting Shifting Geographic Collection Bias and Morphology Trend AARO has received over 100 UAP incident reports from FAA that contribute to the trend analysis of…
- Page 10 UNCLASSIFIED B. Operations and Collections Division During the period of reporting, AARO, in close collaboration with the Joint Staff and other DoD components, further normalized UAP operations, led…