Government2024

AARO shows its analysis of the Mount Etna infrared video

When: 19 Nov 2024
Where: Mount Etna, Italy
Sources: 3 public sources

Mount Etna's eruption plume seen from orbit in early January 2019, days after the December 2018 drone video MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

At a Senate hearing, AARO released December 2018 infrared drone video that seemed to show an object passing through Mount Etna's eruption plume. AARO said atmospheric distortion caused the effect and assessed with moderate confidence the object was a balloon drifting with the wind.

Sources

OfficialMt. Etna Object (opens in a new tab)Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) / 2024-11-19
OfficialAARO case slides (hearing exhibit, Nov. 2024) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services / 2024-11-19
PressPentagon's UAP office reviews findings on Go Fast, Puerto Rico, Mt. Etna incidents in Senate hearing (opens in a new tab)DefenseScoop / 2024-11-19

How sources are chosen and tiered

Where it fits

Earlier in GovernmentAARO FY2024 consolidated annual report14 Nov 2024 Later in GovernmentSenate Armed Services subcommittee hearing with AARO director Kosloski19 Nov 2024

See it on the timeline More in Government