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Atmospheric-Wake UAP Reports: How AARO Resolved an Apparent Propulsion Signature

DATE1 Jan 2022
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONLocation unrecorded
COORDINATES38.71°N, 77.66°W

Three infrared recordings from U.S. military missions seemed to show objects leaving unusual atmospheric wakes. AARO concluded that the trails were sensor artifacts and that the objects were probably ordinary aircraft, while leaving one object unidentified.

[ PRIMARY CITATION // DOD / AARO · CTD-1464 ]

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Infrared / electro-optical targeting video
Archived investigative case file
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