Creech Air Force Base UFO Sighting, 1999 — AARO Records
A post-cold war case from Creech Air Force Base. The RQ-3 Dark Star program was terminated by the Department of Defense in 1999.
Background
In 1999, in Creech Air Force Base, 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 post-cold-war case predating the formation of the modern uap task forces.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
The RQ-3 Dark Star program was terminated by the Department of Defense in 1999. The decision was based on cost overruns and instability issues with the prototype aircraft, despite research leading to advances on other platforms.
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.