Case File · AARO · Modern Era (1970-1989) Declassified May 8, 2026 · PURSUE Release 01

1971 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P4)

UFO Visual Sighting

Hexagon was a U.S. reconnaissance satellite program from 1971 to 1986, known for its large size and high-resolution imaging capabilities.

1971- 1986
Unknown location
Source document: PURSUE doc 213
Source document: PURSUE doc 213 · Source: declassified document

Background

A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 4 of aaro historical record vol1 2024, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated 1971- 1986 and located in Unknown location.

What the document records

Hexagon was a U.S. reconnaissance satellite program from 1971 to 1986, known for its large size and high-resolution imaging capabilities.

Witnesses on file: not specified in the released document.

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.

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