Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (November 22, 1988) — AARO Records (D214P43)
A modern wave case from Palmdale, California. The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was first publicly displayed on November 22, 1988, in Palmdale, California.
Background
On November 22, 1988, in Palmdale, California, 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
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was first publicly displayed on November 22, 1988, in Palmdale, California. It is capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear payloads and utilizes reduced infrared, acoustic, and electromagnetic signatures. Its first flight occurred on July 17, 1989.
Type of case
The case is associated with a military installation or nuclear facility.
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.