2022 annual report: 510 reports on file

On 12 January 2023 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, prepared under Section 1683 of the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act in conjunction with the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The report stated that 510 UAP reports were catalogued as of 30 August 2022: the 144 in the 2021 preliminary assessment, 247 new reports and 119 older ones found or filed late. AARO's initial analysis characterised more than half of the 366 additional reports as balloons, drones or clutter, leaving 171 uncharacterised, some of which appeared to show unusual flight characteristics. It reported no collisions and no confirmed health effects.

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510 UAP reports were catalogued as of 30 August 2022, combining 144 from the preliminary assessment, 247 new reports and 119 reported late (p. 2, p. 5).
Of the 366 newly identified reports, 163 were characterised as balloon or balloon-like, 26 as UAS or UAS-like, and 6 as clutter (p. 5).
171 reports remained uncharacterised and unattributed; some appeared to demonstrate unusual flight characteristics or performance capabilities (p. 5).
AARO was established as the successor to the UAPTF on 20 July 2022 (p. 4).
There were no reported collisions between U.S. aircraft and UAP, and no encounters confirmed to contribute directly to adverse health effects (p. 6).

Documents

Report 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Office of the Director of National Intelligence· 2023-01-12· 12 pp.