FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP (Oct 2023)

COLD OPEN: This is the FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, released by the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on October 1, 2023. The report is a congressionally-mandated document, submitted in response to Section 1683(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, as amended by Section 6802(k) of the FY 2023 NDAA. It covers unidentified anomalous phenomena reports from 31 August 2022 to 30 April 2023, and all UAP reports from any previous time periods that were not included in an earlier report. The report is available on The Black Vault's website, located at documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/dod/FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_2023.pdf. PROVENANCE: The FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena was released on October 1, 2023, with a declassification authority of UNCLASSIFIED. The report was drafted by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's National Intelligence Manager for Military Integration (NIM-MIL), and coordinated with the Department of Defense. THE DOCUMENT: UNCLASSIFIED OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena October 2023 UNCLASSIFIED This report is provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to a requirement established in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Section 1683 (h), as amended by Section 6802(k) of the FY 2023 NDAA (as codified at 50 U.S.C. § 3373). The report covers unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reports from 31 August 2022 to 30 April 2023, and all UAP reports from any previous time periods that were not included in an earlier report. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received a total of 291 UAP reports during this period, consisting of 274 that occurred during this period and another 17 that occurred during previous reporting periods from 2019-2022, but had not been conveyed in previous submissions. Reporting from this period continues to depict a strong but shifting collection bias. Most reports still reflect a bias towards restricted military airspace, a result of reporting from military personnel and sensors present in such areas. During the reporting period, AARO received no reports indicating UAP sightings have been associated with any adverse health effects. However, many reports from military witnesses do present potential safety of flight concerns, and there are some cases where reported UAP have potentially exhibited one or more concerning performance characteristics such as high-speed travel or unusual maneuverability. AARO has de-conflicted these cases with potential U.S. programs and continues to work closely with its DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) mission partners to identify and attribute any objects found in these cases. CONTEXT: The report states that the continued volume and unidentified nature of most UAP is a direct consequence of gaps in domain awareness. These gaps are the direct result of insufficient data secured by radar, electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) sensors; the presence of sensor artifacts, such as IR flare; and optical effects, such as parallax, that can cause observational misperceptions. OUTRO: This is what the public record looks like at its most ordinary. For more information on this document, visit The Black Vault's website at documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/dod/FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_2023.pdf.