Email Correspondence, NA, August 2024

Date: 31 Oct 2024
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 2020s with 169 othersAll cases

What was reported

Two-page email exchange in which a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician provides an additional detail (the year, '2024') to a previously-approved unclassified tearline. The tearline itself: on 31 October 2024 a U.S. aircraft observed a possible UAP, oval/orb shaped, likely moving at low speed, tracked by the aircraft for over 2 hours.

What officials concluded

No conclusion stated

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency: Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9

No: Visual
No: Infrared
No: Radar
No: Video
No: Photo
No: Film
No: Audio
No: Night vision
Yes: Other sensor

Witnessescount not stated

No: Civilian
Yes: Military aircrew
No: Military ground
No: Airline crew
No: Sensor operator
No: Law enforcement
No: Scientist
No: Astronaut
No: Intelligence official
No: Other

ShapeOrb or sphere

No: Light only
Yes: Orb or sphere
No: Disc
No: Triangle
No: Cylinder
No: Cube
No: Other shape

Effectsnone reported

No: Physiological
No: Physical trace
No: Electromagnetic
No: Sound
No: Silent

Why this rating A notably long (2+ hour) continuous track is unusual for this batch, but the description offers no altitude, distance, size, or sensor type, and a slow-moving oval/orb-shaped object tracked for hours is consistent with a balloon.

As described in the file

Witnesses: U.S. aircraft crew (unspecified)
Sensors: Unspecified
Shape: Oval/orb
Motion: Low speed
Duration: Over 2 hours
Altitude or range: Not stated

Pentagon files

DocumentDOW-UAP-D052Release 1
DOW-UAP-D052, Email Correspondence, NA, August 2024
Open the original on war.gov

What the file claims

Unverified
A U.S. aircraft tracked a possible oval/orb-shaped UAP moving at low speed for over 2 hours on 31 October 2024.