{"type":"documents","slug":"2024-aaro-odni-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","title":"AARO / ODNI Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (FY2024)","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2024-aaro-odni-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","description":"The FY2024 AARO/ODNI annual report to Congress tallies hundreds of newly reported UAP sightings and their resolution status.","date":"2024-11-14T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Report"],"updated":"2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":7,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"<PDF src=\"https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/Reports/FY24_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP.pdf\" />\n\nOn November 14, 2024, the Department of Defense and Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP.[^1] AARO received 757 reports covered by the document: 485 concerned incidents during the May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024, reporting period, and 272 concerned incidents from 2021 and 2022 that had not appeared in earlier annual reports.[^2]\n\n## Statistical Breakdown and Resolutions\n\nThe report categorized the 757 reports as follows: 49 resolved to prosaic objects, 243 recommended for closure pending peer review, 21 meriting further analysis, and 444 lacking sufficient data and placed in the Active Archive.[^2]\n\nThe 49 resolved cases involved balloons, birds, and unmanned aerial systems.[^2] The 243 cases recommended for closure also resolved to prosaic objects, including balloons, birds, unmanned aerial systems, satellites, and aircraft.[^2]\n\n## Reporting Sources and Data Limits\n\nAll reports came through United States military operational channels or Federal Aviation Administration civil and commercial aviation logs, with 392 supplied by the FAA.[^2] AARO received no reports collected through national GEOINT, SIGINT, or MASINT platforms during the reporting period.[^2]\n\nThe report says a lack of timely, actionable sensor data constrained case resolution and describes work with military and technical partners to improve sensor requirements, information sharing, and report content.[^2]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [DoD and ODNI Release Annual UAP Report](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3966555/dod-and-odni-release-annual-uap-report/), Department of Defense, November 14, 2024.\n\n[^2]: [Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena](https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/14/2003583603/-1/-1/0/FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508.PDF), All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, November 2024.","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2024-aaro-odni-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","title":"AARO / ODNI Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (FY2024)","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2024-aaro-odni-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}