Reports & Presentations

The following reports and presentations, which will be added to as more are released, represent official products of the US Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

As agencies such as NASA (through its UAP Independent Study Team, or UAPIST) begin releasing their own official reports on UAP, those too will be added here.

All reports and presentations are listed in the chronological order of their release, and include the date of release, as well as the issuing office and agency that was involved in their preparation.

Top Quotes

“Most of the UAP reported probably do represent physical objects given that a majority of UAP were registered across multiple sensors, to include radar, infrared, electro-optical, weapon seekers, and visual observation.” (page 3)

“In a limited number of incidents, UAP reportedly appeared to exhibit unusual flight characteristics.” (page 3)

“UAP clearly pose a safety of flight issue and may pose a challenge to U.S. national security.” (page 3)

“Most reports described UAP as objects that interrupted pre-planned training or other military activity.” (page 4)

“Narratives from aviators in the operational community and analysts from the military and IC describe disparagement associated with observing UAP, reporting it, or attempting to discuss it with colleagues. Although the effects of these stigmas have lessened as senior members of the scientific, policy, military, and intelligence communities engage on the topic seriously in public, reputational risk may keep many observers silent, complicating scientific pursuit of the topic.” (page 4)

“In 18 incidents, described in 21 reports, observers reported unusual UAP movement patterns or flight characteristics.

 

Some UAP appeared to remain stationary in winds aloft, move against the wind, maneuver abruptly, or move at considerable speed, without discernable means of propulsion. In a small number of cases, military aircraft systems processed radio frequency (RF) energy associated with UAP sightings.

 

The UAPTF holds a small amount of data that appear to show UAP demonstrating acceleration or a degree of signature management. Additional rigorous analysis are necessary by multiple teams or groups of technical experts to determine the nature and validity of these data. We are conducting further analysis to determine if breakthrough technologies were demonstrated.” (page 5)

“Although most of the UAP described in our dataset probably remain unidentified due to limited data or challenges to collection processing or analysis, we may require additional scientific knowledge to successfully collect on, analyze and characterize some of them. We would group such objects in this category pending scientific advances that allowed us to better understand them. The UAPTF intends to focus additional analysis on the small number of cases where a UAP appeared to display unusual flight characteristics or signature management.” (page 6)

“UAP pose a hazard to safety of flight and could pose a broader danger if some instances represent sophisticated collection against U.S. military activities by a foreign government or demonstrate a breakthrough aerospace technology by a potential adversary.” (page 6)

“We currently lack data to indicate any UAP are part of a foreign collection program or indicative of a major technological advancement by a potential adversary. We continue to monitor for evidence of such programs given the counter intelligence challenge they would pose, particularly as some UAP have been detected near military facilities or by aircraft carrying the USG’s most advanced sensor systems.” (page 6)

Top Quotes

“UAP events continue to occur in restricted or sensitive airspace, highlighting possible concerns for safety of flight or adversary collection activity. We continue to assess that this may result from a collection bias due to the number of active aircraft and sensors, combined with focused attention and guidance to report anomalies. AARO, in conjunction with NIM-Aviation and the IC, will continue to investigate any evidence of possible foreign government involvement in UAP events.” (page 2)

“Regarding review or analysis of UAP events, ODNI and AARO operate under the assumption that UAP reports are derived from the observer’s accurate recollection of the event and/or sensors that generally operate correctly and capture enough real data to allow initial assessments.” (page 3)

“Initial characterization [of UAP] does not mean positively resolved or unidentified. This initial characterization better enables AARO and ODNI to efficiently and effectively leverage resources against the remaining 171 uncharacterized and unattributed UAP reports. Some of these uncharacterized UAP appear to have demonstrated unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities, and require further analysis.” (page 5)

“Regardless of the collection or reporting method, many reports lack enough detailed data to enable attribution of UAP with high certainty.” (page 5)

“UAP pose a safety of flight and collision hazard to air assets, potentially requiring aircraft operators to adjust flight patterns in response to their unauthorized presence in the airspace, operating outside of air traffic control standards and instruction.” (page 6)

“UAP continue to represent a hazard to flight safety and pose a possible adversary collection threat.” (page 7)

Report Highlights

The “Typically-Reported UAP Characteristics” table seems to specifically exclude the most interesting, highly-anomalous outliers among UAP reports (which are known to be less typical, but still very real, as acknowledged by officials in their hearing testimony, and in official UAP reports).

“Typically-Reported UAP Characteristics” does confirm very interesting UAP report details, such as these objects being observed hovering, and also moving at speeds up to (at least) Mach 2, all while exhibiting no signs of thermal exhaust (totally atypical for most aircraft capable of such speeds).

Additionally, radio emissions are sometimes detected that appear to be transmitted by UAP.

We also see that many UAP are relatively small at 1-4 meters in diameter (the larger end of this correlating with the estimated sizes provided by officials for the three UAP that were shot down over North America in February 2023).

The “Reported-UAP Hotspots” diagram, by Kirkpatrick’s admission, correlates predominantly with where the US military operates regularly (training areas, theaters of combat and defensive operations, etc.) It does, however, clearly indicate that UAP sightings are global in nature.