{"type":"links","slug":"aaro-fy23-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","title":"AARO FY23 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP","url":"https://disclosdex.com/links/aaro-fy23-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","description":"https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/UNCLASSIFIED-FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_25_2023_1236.pdf","date":"2023-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Report"],"updated":"2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"AARO's FY23 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP is the unclassified public version of a joint DoD and ODNI annual report to Congress, published online on October 18, 2023 and mirrored through official AARO, ODNI, and DoD channels.[^1][^2][^3][^4]\n\nUse it as the official snapshot for reports received from August 31, 2022 to April 30, 2023, plus earlier UAP reports that had not been included in prior submissions.[^1][^3] AARO received 291 reports in the FY23 set, including 274 from the covered period and 17 older reports from 2019-2022, bringing its reviewed holdings to 801 as of April 30, 2023.[^1][^3]\n\nThe report matters because it gives readers AARO's baseline trend view: 290 of the 291 reports were airborne, FAA reports broadened the geographic distribution, and the office framed the topic around flight safety, domain awareness, and national-security equities.[^1][^3]\n\nRead it with its limits in view. The report does not function as a comprehensive case database or proof of anomalous craft; it says many reports are probably sensor artifacts, equipment error, misidentification, or misperception, and that many cases remain unresolved because the available data are insufficient.[^1] AARO's declassification explainer adds that public releases can be constrained by classified sources, methods, platforms, locations, and originating-office review, while the FY24 annual report continues the timeline after this report's April 30, 2023 endpoint.[^5][^6]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [FY23 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP, AARO](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/UNCLASSIFIED-FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_25_2023_1236.pdf)\n[^2]: [2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, ODNI](https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/reports-publications/reports-publications-2023/3733-2023-consolidated-annual-report-on-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena)\n[^3]: [Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder on the Annual Report on UAP, DoD](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3561843/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-brig-gen-pat-ryder-on-the-annual-report-o/)\n[^4]: [AARO Congressional/Press Products](https://www.aaro.mil/Congressional-Press-Products/)\n[^5]: [AARO and the Declassification Process](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/Information%20Papers/AARO_Declassification_Info_Paper_2025.pdf)\n[^6]: [FY24 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP, DoD](https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/14/2003583603/-1/-1/0/FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508.PDF)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/links/aaro-fy23-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","title":"AARO FY23 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/links/aaro-fy23-consolidated-annual-report-on-uap","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"url_external":"https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/UNCLASSIFIED-FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_25_2023_1236.pdf"}