PR-009, UAP Report Resolved as a Balloon, Europe 2022
The United States European Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of twenty seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the object depicted in the video is almost certainly (≥95% likelihood) a balloon. AARO bases its assessment on the object's strong morphological consistency with other resolved imagery featuring balloons and the object's performance characteristics strongly aligning with those of lighter-than-air objects, e.g., drifting at wind speed and direction.
Summary
The United States European Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of twenty seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the object depicted in the video is almost certainly (≥95% likelihood) a balloon. AARO bases its assessment on the object's strong morphological consistency with other resolved imagery featuring balloons and the object's performance characteristics strongly aligning with those of lighter-than-air objects, e.g., drifting at wind speed and direction.
At a glance
- Case ID
- PR-009-UAP-REPORT-RESOLVED-AS-A-BALLOON-EUROPE-2022
- Year
- 2022
- Region
- Europe (U.S. European Command area of responsibility)
- Submitting organization
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
- Sensor
- Infrared · Visual
- Government assessment
- None published
- Government investigation
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) review; footage released by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- SCS status
- Conventionally Explained
- Attached records
- 1
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- PR-009, UAP Report Resolved as a Balloon, Europe 2022
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · AARO Released Imagery · NAID AARO-PR-009 · Video
Government record AARO-PR-009 released by AARO.
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- PR-009, UAP Report Resolved as a Balloon, Europe 2022Primary Source
NAID AARO-PR-009 · All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · AARO Released Imagery
Government record AARO-PR-009 released by AARO.
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2nd City Standard, UAP Intelligence Archive. “PR-009, UAP Report Resolved as a Balloon, Europe 2022.” Last updated 2026-08-22. https://2ndcitystandard.com/uap/cases/pr-009-uap-report-resolved-as-a-balloon-europe-2022
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Source Provenance
- Event Date
- 2022-01-01
- Location
- Europe (U.S. European Command area of responsibility)
- Primary Agency
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
- Government Investigation
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) review; footage released by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Witnesses
- Not recorded
- Trained Observers
- Not recorded
- Radar
- Not in record
- Infrared
- Yes
- Photo / Video
- Yes
- Physical Evidence
- No
- Attached Records
- 1
- Last Editorial Review
- 8/22/2026