AARO logs 319 new UAP reports, including about 100 objects off the Virginia coast

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon office that investigates unidentified anomalous phenomena, received 319 reports between June 2, 2024 and May 30, 2025, according to its annual report for fiscal year 2025, released in July.

AARO resolved 114 of them. Each turned out to be something ordinary: balloons, birds, satellites, aircraft or drones, plus one rocket launch and one person flying a jet pack. The office says none of the resolved cases showed advanced foreign capabilities or breakthrough technology.

Off Virginia

Of the 319 reports, 274 involved objects in the air, 44 in space and one at sea. The sea case came from Navy units off the coast of Virginia, which reported about 100 airborne objects and two likely uncrewed surface systems.

“AARO is actively investigating this event in coordination with the reporting unit,” the report says.

Near sensitive sites

The report describes two cases of electronic or avionics interference near an operating aircraft. AARO has not determined whether the objects caused it.

The office also received several reports of objects near national security sites and critical infrastructure, some describing performance beyond known technology. None came with technical data. “If validated, the attendant phenomena underlying these reports may represent a currently unmitigated threat vector,” the report says.

AARO held 1,870 reports in all as of May 30, 2025. It says its biggest obstacle is a lack of timely, actionable sensor data. The 14-page report is required by Congress under the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.