2011 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D193P46)
SM presented a program briefing to DHS S&T officials, inviting DHS to expand research on the compiled data and continue recording observable anomalies. This was done in response to Senator Reid’s desire to transition the program into a Special Access Program.
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 46 of AARO DHS Kona Blue, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated April 2011 and located in Unknown location.
What the document records
SM presented a program briefing to DHS S&T officials, inviting DHS to expand research on the compiled data and continue recording observable anomalies. This was done in response to Senator Reid’s desire to transition the program into a Special Access Program.
Witnesses on file: SM.
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.