Fallrapport: Eglin — konform kropp vid 16 000 fot

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All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
U.S. Department of Defense 
(U)Case: “Eglin UAP”
Case Resolution | 14 October 2023 
(U)Case Essentials
(U)A military pilot reported the object
due to its potential as a flight safety 
hazard and an incursion into a sensitive 
training range 
(U)Location: Near Eglin Air Force Base,
Florida 
(U)Date: 26 January 2023
(U)Altitude: 16,000 feet
(U)Shape: Rounded, cone
(U)Reporter: Military personnel
(U)Sensor: Electro-optical, infrared,
visual identification, and radar 
(U)Behavior: No confirmed anomalous
behavior 
(U)Case Status: Resolved; very likely a
lighter-than-air object, such as a large
commercial lighting balloon
(U) Confidence Level: Moderate
(U)Case Background
(U)On 26 January 2023, a military pilot reported
four potential unidentified anomalous 
phenomena (UAP) while operating in the Eglin 
Air Force Base training range off the coast of 
Florida. Through the onboard radar system, the 
pilot initially observed that the four objects were 
aloft between 16,000 – 18,000 feet and appeared 
to be flying in formation. However the pilot 
observed only one of the four objects visually 
and captured two images of the single object via 
the aircraft’s electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) 
sensor (see Figures 1A and 1B). The pilot could 
not record video of the event because the 
aircraft’s video recording equipment was 
inoperable prior to and during the aircraft’s 
flight. The pilot observed this single object aloft 
at 16,000 feet. The following case information is 
based on the pilot’s initial report and a 
subsequent discussion that AARO held with the 
pilot to seek additional details about the pilot’s 
observation of the reported object. 
•(U) The pilot described the object as gray
with a paneled surface and orange-red 
coloring at the center. The initial report
did not provide the object’s size and speed, but in the subsequent discussion with AARO,
the pilot reported the object was about 12 feet in diameter and that it either moved very
slowly or was potentially stationary.
•(U) In the initial report, the pilot described the bottom half of the object as being rounded,
and the top half as a rounded, three-dimensional cone shape, similar to the shape of the

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“Apollo spacecraft” (see Figure 2). The pilot visually perceived a heat signature emanating 
from the rounded bottom portion, which they described as “blurry air.” 
•(U) During AARO’s discussion with the pilot, the pilot stated that they thought they saw a 
vertically oriented engine affixed to the side of the object that was nearly the height of the 
object. This feature is not visible in the two still images taken by the EO/IR sensor, and the 
pilot did not include this description in the initial report. AARO has no additional data to 
corroborate whether the object may have had an engine.
•(U) The pilot reported that upon closing to within 4,000 feet of the object, the radar on the 
aircraft malfunctioned and remained disabled for the remainder of the training exercise. 
Post-mission review determined that a circuit breaker had tripped; technicians reported 
that the same circuit breaker on this particular aircraft had tripped three times in the prior 
months, but technicians could not conclusively diagnose the cause of the fault for this 
incident. Based on the previous tripping of this circuit, AARO assesses the malfunction 
likely was not caused by or associated with the object.
•(U)