1945 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D196P36)
Since 1945, USG organizations have received reports of UAP sightings and claims of extraterrestrial craft. AARO assesses that these incidents and claims are likely the result of cultural, political, and technological factors, based on aggregate findings and a lack of empirical ev
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 36 of AARO Historical Record Report Vol 1 2024, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated 1945 and located in Unknown location.
What the document records
Since 1945, USG organizations have received reports of UAP sightings and claims of extraterrestrial craft. AARO assesses that these incidents and claims are likely the result of cultural, political, and technological factors, based on aggregate findings and a lack of empirical evidence.
Witnesses on file: USG organizations.
Status of the case
The page-level assessment recorded in the document is: no agency assessment. AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.