Case File · AARO · AARO Disclosure Era (2022-present) Declassified May 8, 2026 · PURSUE Release 01

2023 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D181P1 v3)

UFO Pilot / Aviation Sighting

AARO staff contacted Interviewee (b)(6) to request Grusch's telephone number and extend an invitation for an interview. Interviewee (b)(6) contacted Grusch on AARO's behalf, but the invitation was declined.

June 26th, 2023
Unknown location
Source document: PURSUE doc 181
Source document: PURSUE doc 181 · Source: declassified document

Background

A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 1 of 24 F 0266, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated June 26th, 2023 and located in Unknown location.

What the document records

AARO staff contacted Interviewee (b)(6) to request Grusch’s telephone number and extend an invitation for an interview. Interviewee (b)(6) contacted Grusch on AARO’s behalf, but the invitation was declined.

Witnesses on file: AARO staff, Interviewee (b)(6), Mr. Grusch.

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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