Western US Event
Reported Documents and imagery released under the Department of War's PURSUE program for the “Western US Event”.
Status Officially unresolved — released material, no published resolution.
UAP Case Cards
Official UAP cases as quick cards — what was reported, and what the government officially assessed. Each card links to the full record.
Assessments are AARO's, restated; the official report is authoritative. This is an independent archive, not a government source.
Colorado Springs UAP Incident
Reported FBI unresolved-UAP reports and an ICA analysis on a 2022 incident near Colorado Springs.
Status Officially unresolved — released under the PURSUE program.
FBI UAP video · PURSUE release
Northeastern Orb Sighting
Reported FBI orb videos and FD-302/FD-1057 reports from the Northeastern United States (2021–2026).
Status Officially unresolved — released under the PURSUE program.
Eglin UAP
Reported A pilot near Eglin AFB reported an object at about 16,000 ft on radar and electro-optical/infrared.
AARO assessed Very likely a lighter-than-air object, such as a large commercial lighting balloon. moderate confidence
Go Fast
Reported Looked like it raced low over the ocean.
AARO assessed Did not move at anomalous speed — roughly 5–41 mph at about 13,000 ft. high confidence
The apparent high speed is a parallax effect of the moving sensor platform.
Mt. Etna Object
Reported Reported moving at 345 mph at 500 feet.
AARO assessed Actually about 24 mph at ~15,000 ft; likely a balloon, with no anomalous behavior. moderate confidence
Al Taqaddum Object
Reported An aerostat infrared sensor over Al Taqaddum, Iraq recorded about 17.5 minutes of an unidentified object.
AARO assessed Consistent with a cluster of fully and partially inflated balloons; no anomalous behavior. high confidence
Puerto Rico Object
Reported Infrared footage from a U.S. aircraft, recorded 26 April 2013.
AARO assessed No anomalous behavior or transmedium capability (high confidence); likely a pair of sky lanterns (moderate confidence).
Atmospheric Wakes
Reported Three infrared videos over the Middle East and Mediterranean appeared to show an anomalous propulsion signature.
AARO assessed The effect was a sensor artifact; the objects were prosaic aircraft.
Southeast Asia Triangles
Reported Satellite imagery showed six triangular objects in formation, flagged as potentially anomalous.
AARO assessed Almost certainly cone-shaped static fishing nets floating on the ocean surface.
Western United States
Reported A 2021 report of five equidistant infrared lights at 20,000–40,000 ft, flagged as a possible airspace incursion.
AARO assessed Almost certainly commercial aircraft on established air corridors, as far as 300 nautical miles from the sensor.
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO Records, 1986
Reported FAA records on the 1986 Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO sighting over Alaska.
Status Historical FAA record collection — no official resolution.
FLIR1
Reported An infrared video recorded on 14 November 2004 by a U.S. Navy aircraft during USS Nimitz carrier strike group operations off Southern California; the object was later nicknamed the “Tic Tac”.
Status Publicly released by the Department of Defense on 27 April 2020 (first published by The New York Times in December 2017); cataloged on the AARO Official UAP Imagery page. No AARO case resolution report has been published for this video.
Gimbal
Reported An infrared video recorded in 2015 by a U.S. Navy aircraft from the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group operating off the U.S. East Coast.
Status Publicly released by the Department of Defense on 27 April 2020 (first published by The New York Times in December 2017); cataloged on the AARO Official UAP Imagery page. No AARO case resolution report has been published for this video.