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ALL- DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
UNCLASSIFIED
U.S. Department of Defense
UNCLASSIFIED
The US Department of Defense &
the UAP Mission
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director

ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
UNCLASSIFIED
CLEARED FOR OPEN PUBLICATION
APR 17, 2 023
Department of Defense
Office of Prepublication and Security Review
UAP Reporting Trends 
1996-2023
REPORTED-UAP ALTITUDES
TYPICALLY-REPORTED 
UAP CHARACTERISTICS
Appearance
MorphologyRound, Atypical Orientation
Size1- 4 Meters
ColorWhite, Silver, Translucent
Performance
Altitude10k – 30k feet
VelocityStationary to Mach 2
Signatures
PropulsionNo thermal exhaust detected
Radar
Intermittent, X-Band (8-12 
GHz)
Radio1- 3 GHz, 8-12 GHz
Thermal
Intermittent, Shortwave 
Infrared, Medium-Wave 
Infrared
REPORTED UAP-MORPHOLOGY
Orb, Round, 
Sphere, 52%
Ambiguous Sensor 
Contact, 0%
Other, 1%
Lights, 1%
Ova l, 1%
Cylinder, 1%
Disk, 2%
Triangle, 2%
Rectangle, 2%
Square, 3%
Polygon, 5%
TicTac, 6%
Vector, 23%
REPORTED-UAP HOTSPOTS

3
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Middle East, 2022: MQ-9 observed apparent 
spherical UAP via electro-optical sensors

CHA RACTERISTICSPERFORMANCESIGNATURESBEHAVIOREFFECTS
UAP characteristics and behavior consistent with 
other “metallic orb” observations in the region
No demonstration of enigmatic technical 
capabilities and no apparent threat to airborne-
asset safety
Case in “active archive,” pending discovery of 
additional data
AARO uses active-archive cases for trend and 
statistical analyses
UNRESOLVED,
IN ACTIVE-ARCHIVE
Middle East UAP, unresolved (U)

4
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
South Asia, 2023: MQ-9 observed UAP object apparently 
tailed by potentially-anomalous atmospheric wake
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CHA RACTERISTICSPERFORMANCESIGNATURESBEHAVIOREFFECTS
Phenomenon observed in other forward-looking 
infrared, full-motion video by same platform
The “trail” appears to be cavitation, similar toth ose
 
caused during propulsion
Visible trail is a camera-software artifact
Video-compression algorithms overlay captured 
image on previous frame and resolve differences in 
the gray, infrared gradient
Analyses of the morphology and traffic-control data 
suggest the object is commercial aircraft transiting 
known flight paths
Analyses pending peer-review of mission-partners’ 
analytic findings
PENDING 
PEER-REVIEW
South Asia UAP observed with apparent wake, likely 
resolved as commercial airliner and video-compression 
artifact, respectively (U)

U.S. Department of Defense
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED
Seán Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Director