Encounter Atlas
Why it matters
Shows how the Pentagon's UAP office actually works a case, in its own working documents.
What is in it
All 30 items in this series, as listed by the National Archives. Links open the scanned file.
- PDF2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission
This item is a backgrounder describing the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDF2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission Slides
This item is a slideshow presentation by Seán Kirkpatrick, the first Director of the All-domain Anomaly Office (AARO), titled "The US Department of Defense & the UAP Mission." catalog - PDF2025 AARO Trifold
This item is a trifold handout explaining the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) from October 2024. catalog - PDFAARO Historical Record Report Volume 1
This item is the "Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume 1," dated February 2024. catalog - PDFAARO Presentation for NASA Study Public Meeting 5.31.23
This item is the presentation slides for the US Department of Defense and the UAP mission presented to NASA. catalog - PDFAARO Satellite Flaring Paper
This item is an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Information Paper titled "Correlations of Starlink Satellite Flaring with UAP Observations" from December 2024. catalog - PDFAARO Trifold 2024
This item is a trifold handout explaining the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) from 2024. catalog - PDFCase Resolution of 'Atmospheric Wakes'
This item is the "Atmospheric Wakes" Case Resolution from May 8, 2023. catalog - PDFCase Resolution of 'Southeast Asia Triangles'
This item is the "Southeast Asia Triangles" Case Resolution from March 17, 2023 from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFCase Resolution of 'Western United States'
This item is the "Western United States" Case Resolution from May 8, 2023 from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFDGI Presentation 2025
This item is a slideshow presentation to the Defense Space, Geospatial & Intelligence Leadership Conference by Tim Phillips, Deputy Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), titled "Leveraging Data, Analysis, and AI to Identify UAP." catalog - PDFEffect of Forced Perspective and Parallax View on UAP Observations
This item is an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) "Information Paper on the Effect of Forced Perspective and Parallax View on UAP Observations"from May 2024. catalog - PDFFiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
This item is the Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Defense from October, 2023. catalog - PDFFY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508
This item is the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena from the Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office from June 1, 2024. catalog - PDFGo Fast Case Resolution Card with Appendix
This item is the "Go Fast" Case Resolution from February 6, 2025 from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFMission Brief AARO - DGI Conference
This item is a slideshow presentation titled "The U.S. Defense Department and the UAP Mission" by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, last updated in February 2024. catalog - PDFOpen Hearing Briefing
This item is a Statement for the Record by Dr. Jon Kosloski, Director of the All-domain Resolution Office (AARO), to the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on November 19, 2024. catalog - PDFORNL - Analysis of a Metallic Specimen
This item is the "Synopsis: Analysis of a Metallic Speciman" report from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. catalog - PDFPensacola Case Resolution (Eglin)
This item is the "Eglin UAP" Case Resolution from October 14, 2023. catalog - PDFPhysical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
This item is a the draft version of the Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena informational paper from March 1, 2023. catalog - PDFPublic UAP Sightings and The Environment: An Analysis for Sky View Potential
This item is a proposed journal article by Richard M. Medina, Simon Brewer, and Sean M. Kirkpatrick titled "Public UAP Sightings and the Environment: An Analysis of Sky View Potential" dated February 17, 2023. catalog - PDFPuerto Rico Case Resolution Card
This item is "The Puerto Rico Object" Case Resolution from March 20, 2025 from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFSAPCO CAPCO MFR
This item is the memorandum for record on the Authorization to Provide Information to Personnel Representing the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security (OUSD(I&S)), from March 8, 2023. catalog - PDFSASC Open Hearing Case 19Nov2024
This item is the presentation slides for the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. catalog - PDFSenate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing 2023
This item is a stenographic transcript of the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities' Hearing to Receive Testimony on the Mission, Activities, Oversight, and Budget of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFSenate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing Slides 2023
This item is a slideshow presentation for the Senate Armed Services Committee by Seán Kirkpatrick, the first Director of the All-domain Anomaly Office (AARO), titled "The US Department of Defense & the UAP Mission." catalog - PDFSupplement to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Analysis of a Metallic Specimen
This item is the Supplement to Oak Ridge National Laboratory's "Analysis of a Metallic Speciman" from July 2024. catalog - PDFTimothy Phillips Biography
This item is the biography of Timothy Phillips from 2023. catalog - PDFTrends as of 20Nov23
This item is a slide titled "UAP Reporting Trends 1996 - November 20, 2023" from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). catalog - PDFUAP Mission & Civil Aviation
This item is a slideshow presentation by Seán Kirkpatrick, the first Director of the All-domain Anomaly Office (ARRO), titled "The Defense Department's UAP Mission & Civil Aviation." catalog