Case File · AARO · Post-Cold War (1990-2016) Declassified May 8, 2026 · PURSUE Release 01

2008 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

UFO Visual Sighting

LTG Maples, Director of DIA, was briefed by Senator Reid regarding a congressional add of $10M in startup funds for a proposed research effort. This effort aimed to research advanced aerospace threats and technologies.

July of 2008
Unknown location
Source document: PURSUE doc 193
Source document: PURSUE doc 193 · Source: declassified document

Background

A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 43 of AARO DHS Kona Blue, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated July of 2008 and located in Unknown location.

What the document records

LTG Maples, Director of DIA, was briefed by Senator Reid regarding a congressional add of $10M in startup funds for a proposed research effort. This effort aimed to research advanced aerospace threats and technologies.

Witnesses on file: LTG Maples, Senator Reid.

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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