PURSUE / AARO · Release 04
PURSUE · Fourth release
10 cases use documents from this release. The Pantex nuclear incident (2015), NASA imagery (STS-80), the Navy Range Fouler forms and the Sign/Blue Book-era analyses.
10 cases · Tier S 2 · A 8 · B 0
'Small, metallic, with a reflective underside': the debrief the video can't quite support· 2020
In 2020, U.S. Northern Command submitted a report to AARO of infrared footage (11 seconds…
When the sensor itself explains why the object flickers· 2019
In 2019, the U.S. Air Force submitted to AARO 8 seconds of infrared footage over the Gulf…
'It may be a reflection': the observer himself doubts his own report over the UAE· 2024
In June 2024, an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform recorded 21 seconds of…
'A large, somewhat deformed balloon': the observer identifies the object himself· 2020
In 2020, U.S. Northern Command submitted a report to AARO consisting of 32 seconds of…
The 28-year aviator's testimony: a small, fast object seen from a civilian aircraft· 2019
In 2019, an infrared sensor aboard a CIVILIAN aircraft (not military, an unusual detail)…
Star-shaped object over the Yellow Sea· 2025
In 2025 (DVIDS lists January 1 as the date taken), a U.S. military platform from…
STS-80 · unidentified object in orbital photography (1996)· 1996
During Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission, from 19 November to 7 December 1996,…
Pantex · unidentified object over the nuclear plant (2015)· 2015
On 1 September 2015, the Ground Surveillance Radar (GSR) at the Pantex Plant, the primary…
USS Theodore Roosevelt (Gimbal/GoFast)· 2014–15
F/A-18 pilots of squadron VFA-11, from the USS Theodore Roosevelt air wing, log…
Sandia green fireballs· 1948–50
Between December 1948 and May 1950 the OSI office at Kirtland compiled some 150 incidents…