AARO Releases FY2025 UAP Report Months After Statutory Deadline, Citing 319 New Cases and Expanded Satellite Analysis

AARO released a classified military infrared video from March 2025 depicting multiple spherical objects tracked near a submarine in a location not specified but assessed to be military platform-derived. The video shows at least three distinct transit events of areas of contrast over approximately 4 minutes 50 seconds. The uploader's title suggests the objects transition in and out of water. Chain of custody is unsubstantiated, and AARO provides no analytical assessment of the claim.

A serving senior U.S. intelligence official provided a first-hand account in May 2026 of investigating unusual phenomena at a sensitive U.S. military facility in late 2025, describing encounters with unidentified glowing orbs at close and distant ranges from a helicopter vantage point, as well as a high-speed low-altitude object that appeared to split and accelerate in two directions. The account is accompanied by infrared imagery captured by federal officials on the ground during the same event, with materials originally released on war.gov/UFO on 8 May 2026. The official's assessment of object proximity and behavior is based on direct observation but remains unverified by independent analysis.

AARO released a 46-second classified military infrared video from February 2023 allegedly depicting a U.S. Air Force F-16C shooting down an unidentified object over Lake Huron using an unspecified weapon system. At the 20-second mark, the footage shows two distinct areas of contrast, with the initial subject fragmenting in a radial displacement pattern consistent with a high-energy event. Chain of custody is unsubstantiated, and AARO provides no analytical judgment or confirmation of the incident.

AARO released a lengthy classified military infrared video allegedly depicting objects over the Persian Gulf, likely from a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The 17-minute 36-second video shows a single area of contrast that becomes difficult to distinguish from background noise, requiring multiple sensor contrast adjustments. AARO did not provide analytical judgment, and chain of custody is unsubstantiated.

The Department of War released the seventh tranche of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files on October 23, 2026, as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). This official government release contains historical and declassified UAP documents.

Archive of declassified FBI files related to civil rights movement activities and campaigns during the 1960s, covering political movements for equality and forms of resistance.

Declassified 1983 Defense Intelligence Agency document from the Stargate Collection assessing LTC Wayne McDonnell's analysis of the Gateway Process, which involved research into hypnosis, holograms, and out-of-body experiences acquired via FOIA.

Archive collection of declassified FBI files on world leaders and international politicians, including multi-page files on figures such as King Bhumibol of Thailand.

The FAA released 20 pages of training materials under FOIA concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The records include presentation slides and syllabi for a Mass Fatalities medicolegal training course, released October 12, 2023.