FY23 årsrapport om UAP (oklassificerad variant, oktober 2023)

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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
 
Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on 
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena 
October 2023 
 
 
 
 
 

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Table of Contents 
 
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................... 2 
II. SCOPE AND ASSUMPTIONS ................................................................................................. 4 
III. UAP REPORTING IS INCREASING ACROSS THE USG, AND THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPROVED ANALYTIC PROCESSES IS REVEALING TRENDS 5 
A. Overall Trend Analysis .......................................................................................................... 5 
B. Geographic and Safety Trends Coming into Focus ................................................................ 5 
C. Increased FAA Reporting Shifting Geographic Collection Bias and Morphology Trend ..... 8 
D. No Health/Physiological Impacts from UAP Incidents Reported .......................................... 8 
E. Data and Intelligence Sources Received Through Various Intelligence Channels ................ 8 
IV. AARO PROGRAM UPDATES ............................................................................................... 8 
A. Analytic Division ................................................................................................................... 8 
B. Operations and Collections Division ...................................................................................... 9 
C. Science and Technology (S&T) Division ............................................................................... 9 
D. Strategic Communications Division ....................................................................................... 9 
V. WAY FORWARD ................................................................................................................... 10 
VI. APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................ 11 
Appendix A: Case Closure Report ............................................................................................ 11 
Appendix B: Glossary of Terms................................................................................................ 14 
 

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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 the National 
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Section 1683 (h), as amended by 
Section 6802(k) of the FY 2023 NDAA (as codified at 50 U.S.C. § 3373). 
The report covers unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reports from 31 August 
2022 to 30 April 2023, and all UAP reports from any previous time periods that were not 
included in an earlier report. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received a 
total of 291 UAP reports during this period, consisting of 274 that occurred during this period 
and another 17 that occurred during previous reporting periods from 2019–2022, but had not 
been conveyed in previous submissions. 
Reporting from this period continues to depict a strong but shifting collection bias. Most 
reports still reflect a bias towards restricted military airspace, a result of reporting from military