Sidney, Nebraska UFO Sighting (11-MAR 2024) — AARO Records
An AARO disclosure era case from Sidney, Nebraska. AARO personnel captured images near Sidney, Nebraska, before sunrise.
Background
On 11-MAR 2024, in Sidney, Nebraska, 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 captured images near Sidney, Nebraska, before sunrise. The images depict what were determined to be Starlink flares. The azimuth of these flares aligned with predicted angles based on data in Table 2.
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.
Sources
- [Original release on aaro.mil](https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/Information Papers/AARO_Satellite_Flaring_Paper_508_FINAL_04222025.pdf)
- AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office)