PR-016, Resolved as Birds, Europe 2023
The United States European Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of twenty-five seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the objects depicted in the video are almost certainly (>95% likelihood) birds. AARO bases its assessment on the objects' strong morphological consistency with other resolved imagery featuring birds and the objects' behavioral characteristics strongly aligning with those of birds, e.g. maintaining relative positioning for energy conservation during flight, pulsating infrared return at a frequency consistent with wing beats.
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-five seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the objects depicted in the video are almost certainly (>95% likelihood) birds. AARO bases its assessment on the objects' strong morphological consistency with other resolved imagery featuring birds and the objects' behavioral characteristics strongly aligning with those of birds, e.g. maintaining relative positioning for energy conservation during flight, pulsating infrared return at a frequency consistent with wing beats.
At a glance
- Case ID
- PR-016-RESOLVED-AS-BIRDS-EUROPE-2023
- Year
- 2023
- 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-016, Resolved as Birds, Europe 2023
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · AARO Released Imagery · NAID AARO-PR-016 · Video
Government record AARO-PR-016 released by AARO.
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- PR-016, Resolved as Birds, Europe 2023Primary Source
NAID AARO-PR-016 · All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · AARO Released Imagery
Government record AARO-PR-016 released by AARO.
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2nd City Standard, UAP Intelligence Archive. “PR-016, Resolved as Birds, Europe 2023.” Last updated 2026-08-22. https://2ndcitystandard.com/uap/cases/pr-016-resolved-as-birds-europe-2023
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Source Provenance
- Event Date
- 2023-01-01
- 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