UAP Reporting Policy
AARO's public sighting portal remains future tense
The office defines routes for government insiders and civilian pilots, but its official page still says a general-public mechanism will be announced later.
Briefed September 7, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds
Confirmed Current Policy · Public Portal Pending
AARO's current reporting page accepts program or activity reports from current and former U.S. government employees, service members, and contractors with first-hand knowledge. It directs military and Department of War civilian personnel to report operational UAP through their command or service, and encourages civilian pilots to report sightings to air traffic control so the Federal Aviation Administration can provide the resulting pilot reports to AARO.
For everyone else, the page still says AARO will announce when a public reporting mechanism becomes available. That is narrower than the claim that government offers no reporting route at all, because pilots and eligible government personnel do have defined channels. It is nevertheless a real civilian-access gap. The absence of a public portal does not establish that a particular sighting was ignored, suppressed, or extraordinary.
Why it matters
A direct public intake could standardize timestamps, location, media provenance, and follow-up questions instead of scattering civilian reports across private databases with incompatible fields.
What the source establishes
Confirmed current AARO policy. No direct general-public reporting mechanism is available on the page; this policy fact is not evidence for an extraordinary UAP explanation.
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