Case File · AARO · Post-Cold War (1990-2009) Declassified May 8, 2026 · PURSUE Release 01

2009 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P51)

UFO Visual Sighting

A report was reviewed by an unspecified agency. The source of the report and its contents are not detailed on this page. It appears to be an external assessment submitted for consideration.

July 30, 2009
Unknown location
Source document: PURSUE doc 214
Source document: PURSUE doc 214 · Source: declassified document

Background

A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 51 of dopsr hrrv1 march2024, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated July 30, 2009 and located in Unknown location.

What the document records

A report was reviewed by an unspecified agency. The source of the report and its contents are not detailed on this page. It appears to be an external assessment submitted for consideration.

Witnesses on file: a private sector organization.

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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