Official Data
AARO’s trend dashboard shows what closes—and what a shape does not prove
The official dashboard now summarizes reports through June 15, 2026, including resolution outcomes, morphologies, and reported altitudes.
Briefed August 4, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds
Confirmed
AARO’s public reporting-trends page covers records from January 1, 1996, through June 15, 2026. Among the closed cases shown, balloons account for 460 resolutions and satellites for 312; smaller categories include unmanned aircraft systems, birds, aircraft, rockets, sensor artifacts, and natural atmospheric effects.
The same dashboard says the most frequently recorded morphologies are orb, round, or sphere, followed by lights. Those labels describe what reporters or sensors perceived, not a verified physical construction or origin. The charts are useful for baseline rates and comparison, but they do not expose the complete case-level data needed to independently reproduce every resolution.
Why it matters
Aggregate data helps investigators test whether a dramatic description is actually rare, while reminding readers that ‘unidentified’ and ‘extraordinary’ are different findings.
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