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Sidney, NE UFO Sighting (March 10, 2024) — AARO Records

UFO Visual Sighting

An AARO disclosure era case from Sidney, NE. AARO personnel took images near Sidney, Nebraska after sunset on March 10, 2024.

March 10, 2024
Sidney, NE
First page of AARO Satellite Flaring Paper 508 FINAL 04222025
First page of AARO Satellite Flaring Paper 508 FINAL 04222025 · Source: declassified document

Background

On March 10, 2024, in Sidney, NE, 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 case from the all-domain anomaly resolution office disclosure era following the 2022 establishment of the modern uap investigative apparatus.

The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

What the document records

AARO personnel took images near Sidney, Nebraska after sunset on March 10, 2024. These images captured what were determined to be Starlink flares. The azimuth of the flares corresponded with predicted angles from a table of measurements.

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.

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