Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

The report covers UAP events from June 2, 2024, through May 30, 2025, plus previously unreported events from earlier periods.

This document contains all reported unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)-related events occurring from June 2, 2024, to May 30, 2025, and UAP-related events occurring within any previous period not covered in a previous report.

AARO received 319 UAP reports: 284 concerned events during the June 2024-May 2025 reporting period and 35 concerned earlier events not covered in prior reports.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received 319 reports of UAP-related events. Of those, 284 feature UAP-related events occurring during the reporting period and 35 reports feature UAP-related events occurring outside the reporting period.

AARO says it resolved 114 of the 319 newly received reports and 256 older cases, for 370 case resolutions during the reporting period.

AARO resolved 114 of the 319 UAP reports. In addition, AARO resolved 256 cases reported in a previous period, bringing the total number of resolved cases during the reporting period to 370.

AARO attributes every resolved case in this report to prosaic objects, including balloons, satellites, birds, aircraft and UAS, with one commercial rocket launch and one manned jet pack also identified.

AARO assesses that all resolved cases are attributable to prosaic objects such as balloons, satellites, birds, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). AARO also assesses that one case is attributable to a commercial rocket launch and one to a manned jet pack.

As of May 30, 2025, AARO held 1,870 reports; among the 319 newly received reports it classified 274 as air-domain, 44 as space-domain and one as maritime-domain.

As of May 30, 2025, AARO's case holdings contain 1,870 reports. ... Of these, AARO assesses that 274 UAP reports occurred in the air domain, 44 in the space domain, and one in the maritime domain.

AARO says a new three-dimensional modeling and simulation capability enabled analysts to resolve 238 reported UAP as satellite flaring.

This capability, consisting of advanced three-dimensional modeling and simulation applications, enabled analysts to resolve 238 reported UAP as satellite flaring.

AARO is actively investigating a report from U.S. Navy assets off Virginia describing about 100 airborne UAP and two likely uncrewed surface systems.

The report described approximately 100 airborne UAP and two, likely uncrewed, surface systems. AARO is actively investigating this event in coordination with the reporting unit.

AARO identified nine of the 319 reports for additional analysis by Intelligence Community and science-and-technology partners.

AARO identified nine reports meriting further analysis by its IC and science and technology (S&T) partners with relevant technical and domain expertise.

AARO transferred 191 of the 319 reports to its active archive pending corroborating data, leaving them open to possible future resolution.

AARO transferred 191 of the 319 UAP cases to its active archive pending the future discovery of corroborating data sources.

AARO reports that none of the cases it resolved indicated advanced foreign-adversary capabilities or breakthrough technology in any domain.

None of the cases AARO resolved indicate advanced foreign adversarial capabilities or breakthrough technologies in any domain.

Civilian-aviator reports passed to AARO by the FAA made up 21 percent of incoming UAP reporting during the period.

FAA UAP reports from civilian aviators constituted 21 percent of AARO's incoming reporting.

Where observers supplied visual descriptions, AARO says spheroidal objects were reported most often at 40 percent, followed by lights at 33 percent.

In incidents where reporters provided a description of the phenomenon's distinct visual characteristics, lights (33 percent) and spheroidal objects (40 percent) were the most reported morphologies (Figure 3).

AARO says 77 of 319 reports, or 24.13 percent, lacked enough information for an analytic conclusion about morphology.

Of the reports AARO analyzed, 77 of the 319 UAP reports (24.13 percent) contained insufficient information to render an analytic conclusion on the phenomenon's morphological characteristics.

Reported airborne events clustered between 10,000 and 35,000 feet, while reports above 45,000 feet fell from 27 percent in FY2024 to 4 percent in FY2025.

Airborne UAP-related events were predominately reported between 10,000 and 35,000 feet. UAP-related events reported above 45,000 feet fell from 27 percent of reports to 4 percent since AARO's FY 2024 annual report.

AARO says it received no UAP reports alleging health effects and no reports indicating a flight-safety concern during the reporting period.

AARO did not receive any reports of UAP-related health effects during this reporting period. ... AARO did not receive reports indicating flight safety concerns during this reporting period.

AARO says several reports near national-security sites or critical infrastructure described apparently state-of-the-art-exceeding performance, but those narrative reports had no accompanying technical data.

Some narrative reports were suggestive of phenomena whose performance characteristics exceed the known state-of-the-art within a given domain. No technical data accompanied these reports.

Two reports described electronic or avionic interference near operational aircraft, but AARO says it has not determined whether the reported effects were attributable to UAP.

Two UAP reports contained descriptions of electronic or avionic interference reported as attributable to UAP in proximity to an operational aircraft. AARO has not yet rendered a determination whether, or to what extent, the reported effects are attributable to UAP.

AARO received 50 reports of UAS incidents near U.S. nuclear infrastructure, weapons and launch sites, a 177.8 percent increase from FY2024; it says none of the incidents were reported as UAP.

AARO received 50 reports ... regarding unmanned aerial systems (UAS) incidents near U.S. nuclear infrastructure, weapons, and launch sites, a 177.8 percent increase over the 18 reported in AARO's FY 2024 annual report. None of these incidents were reported as UAP.

AARO states that it has no evidence that a U.S. government or private entity has captured or exploited material derived from UAP.

To date, no evidence suggests that a USG or private entity has ever captured or exploited UAP-derived materials.

Of 262 people who contacted AARO through its secure program-reporting mechanism, AARO says 255 were out of scope and seven warranted a request for a follow-on interview.

Between June 2, 2024, and May 30, 2025, 262 individuals contacted AARO via the secure reporting mechanism on its website. AARO determined that 255 were out-of-scope and identified 7 individuals whose claims warranted a request for a follow-on interview.