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

United States, Russia UFO Sighting (1980s) — AARO Records (D213P29)

UFO Visual Sighting

A modern wave case from United States, Russia. An interviewee reported that a family member participated in an effort to reverse-engineer an object assumed to be off-world technology.

1980s
United States, Russia
First page of aaro historical record vol1 2024
First page of aaro historical record vol1 2024 · Source: declassified document

Background

On 1980s, in United States, Russia, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.

A sighting from the modern era of post-blue-book civilian and military reports.

The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

What the document records

An interviewee reported that a family member participated in an effort to reverse-engineer an object assumed to be off-world technology. The engineers were unsuccessful and the object was sent to another facility for further evaluation.

Type of case

The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.

Status

AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.

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