AARO is the official Pentagon office created to investigate:
- UFOs/UAPs seen by military personnel
- strange airborne or transmedium objects
- possible foreign surveillance tech
- unexplained sensor anomalies
The government now prefers the term “UAP” (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) instead of “UFO.”
What was actually released?
- 160+ declassified files, videos, reports, astronaut transcripts, and military sightings
- FBI interviews and intelligence documents
- military infrared videos
- historical Apollo-era material
- recent pilot reports involving unexplained aerial objects
There is now also a public government repository of imagery and cases:
AARO Official UAP Imagery Archive
AARO was created in 2022 after Congress demanded a centralized office to investigate UFO/UAP incidents across the military and intelligence community.
AARO is based within the Pentagon structure in the Washington, D.C. area and operates under the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
What does AARO actually do?
AARO investigates:
- military UFO/UAP sightings
- strange radar/sensor tracks
- unidentified airborne objects
- underwater anomalies
- “transmedium” objects (things allegedly moving between air/water/space)
- possible foreign surveillance systems
The single strongest case in the current release is probably:
PR-018 — “Unresolved UAP Report, Europe 2024”
From the official AARO imagery archive.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/988676/pr-018-unresolved-uap-report-europe-2024
Why this one stands out:
- it comes from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform
- it contains 10+ minutes of footage
- AARO explicitly says it depicts a physical object
- they did not resolve it as birds, balloons, or sensor error
- they still classify it as “unresolved”
That combination is rare.
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