Document · October 2023
Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP (ODNI and DoD, October 2023)
Also known as AARO annual report 2023, FY2023 UAP report
The second joint annual report to Congress on UAP by the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, drafted by AARO, covering reports received from 31 August 2022 to 30 April 2023. It counts 291 new reports (801 in all), finds no confirmed health effects and no attribution to foreign actors, and attributes the unresolved remainder mainly to gaps in sensor data.
Source: ODNI and DoD, October 2023 (aaro.mil)
Facts and claims
- documented Covering 31 August 2022 to 30 April 2023, the report counts 291 UAP reports received in the period, “274 that occurred during this period and another 17 that occurred during previous reporting periods from 2019–2022”, bringing AARO's total to 801. All but one were in the air domain: “No transmedium or space domain UAP reports were submitted to AARO.” Source: doc-aaro-annual-report-fy2023.pdf
- documented “To date, no encounters with UAP have been confirmed to have directly contributed to adverse health-related effects to the observer(s).” The report adds that health effects may appear later and will be tracked if they emerge. Source: doc-aaro-annual-report-fy2023.pdf
- documented It says many military reports “present potential safety of flight concerns”, and some reported UAP “potentially exhibited one or more concerning performance characteristics such as high-speed travel or unusual maneuverability”, but that none of the reports suggests UAP “maneuvered to an unsafe proximity to civil or military aircraft”, and none has been positively attributed to foreign activities. Source: doc-aaro-annual-report-fy2023.pdf
- documented “Based on the ability to resolve cases to date, with an increase in the quality of data secured, the unidentified and purported anomalous nature of most UAP will likely resolve to ordinary phenomena”. Source: doc-aaro-annual-report-fy2023.pdf
Connected files
Programs
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (published by)
Organizations
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (published by)
Mentioned in this file
- Department of War (Department of Defense) (Organization)
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- Fiscal Year 2025 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP (Department of War / AARO, July 2026)
- AARO case slides for the Senate Armed Services subcommittee (19 November 2024)
- AARO briefing slides to the Senate Armed Services subcommittee (19 April 2023)
- Deputy Secretary of Defense memorandum: Establishment of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (15 July 2022)
- AARO case resolution: "Go Fast" (2025)