Las Vegas, Nevada UFO Sighting (December 2010) — AARO Records
A post-cold war case from Las Vegas, Nevada. Data related to unidentified anomalies was collected by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) up until December 2010.
Background
In December 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada, 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
Data related to unidentified anomalies was collected by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) up until December 2010. This material, along with data acquired from various sources since then, will be reviewed as part of a new program.
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.