Official reportInside AARO’s FY2025 report
The July 2026 release adds a new reporting window—and another reminder to separate an unexplained observation from an extraordinary explanation.
Extraordinary questions, investigated through the public record. Every story includes its source dates, evidence status and links to go deeper.
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Official reportThe July 2026 release adds a new reporting window—and another reminder to separate an unexplained observation from an extraordinary explanation.
Case analysisAARO’s case analysis found no anomalous performance. It stopped short of definitively identifying the object.
Scientific frameworkCalibrated sensors, useful metadata, and independent observations give an unexplained encounter a path toward investigation.
Research debateThe debate over a distant planet illustrates three separate questions: is a feature real, which molecule caused it, and would biology be required?
Research resultVLA and MeerKAT observations place limits on a defined class of radio transmissions, while leaving many possibilities untested.
Report explainerThe FY2024 report helps explain retrospective submissions, changing case status and the limits of missing sensor data.
Attributed claimsA guide to the conversation’s pyramid, Emerald Tablets and lost-technology claims—and the records readers can check.
Unverified accountTimothy Alberino, an unnamed C-130 pilot, and a story whose chain of attribution matters as much as its extraordinary details.
Text & interpretationThe ancient text is real. Modern extraterrestrial interpretations add a separate layer that needs its own support.
Text & interpretationA guide to the surviving texts, the differences between Sumerian and Akkadian traditions, and the claims later readers add.