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AARO case-resolution memoranda for the Eglin AFB incident of 26 January 2023

In the agency's queue, with position and estimated date where the agency gives them.

Statutory clock

91 business days overdue

Perfected Mar 19, 2026

20 business days allowed · 5 U.S.C. § 552

20 business days from perfection to determination; 10-day extension for unusual circumstances. Expedited processing determination within 10 calendar days.

The records sought

All case-resolution memoranda, resolution worksheets and analytic products produced by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office concerning the reported object over Eglin Air Force Base on 26 January 2023, including any determination that the case was resolved, unresolved or insufficient-data.

Date range: 26 January 2023 – present

Why it was asked

AARO's public reporting counts this case as resolved without saying what it was resolved as. The worksheet either exists or it does not, and either answer is worth having.

Timeline

  1. Proposed by a UAP Nexus reader

    Docket

  2. Passed editorial review

    Docket

  3. Quorum reached — $1,500 from 63 backers

    Docket

  4. Letter drafted

    Drafting

  5. Letter finalised — 3 pages

    Drafting

  6. Emailed to osd.foia@mail.mil

    Dispatch

  7. Delivered to the agency's mail server

    Correspondence

  8. Message fetched (Security scanner)

    Correspondence

  9. Message fetched (Probable human)

    Correspondence

  10. Acknowledged — tracking 26-F-0417

    Agency

  11. Placed in the complex queue, position 214

    Agency

  12. Matched to this request by the per-request alias (certain)

    Correspondence

  13. Fee waiver granted

    Agency

  14. Statutory deadline passed with no determination

    Agency

  15. Follow-up sent — first chase

    Agency

  16. Follow-up sent — second chase

    Agency

  17. Agency estimates completion by December 2026

    Agency

  18. Follow-up sent — third chase

    Agency

  19. Placed in the complex queue, position 96

    Agency

Every row is public. Contributors receive the same lines as notifications; nothing is written to a private status page that is not written here.

Correspondence

  • SentemailMar 4, 20263 pages

    FOIA request — AARO case-resolution memoranda, Eglin AFB, 26 January 2023

    r-4kx9m2@req.aletheca.com → osd.foia@mail.mil

    This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. Aletheca is a public archive that publishes every record it receives, in full and without charge…

    Fetch events on this message

    • Mar 4, 2026Security scannerMicrosoft Defender for Office 365
    • Mar 4, 2026Security scannerProofpoint URL Defense
    • Mar 5, 2026Probable humanOutlook 16 / Windows
    • Mar 5, 2026Probable humanOutlook 16 / Windows

    A fetch is not a read. Security appliances in front of a government tenancy open every image before a human sees it, and provider caches re-fetch the same pixel repeatedly. Aletheca records the raw event, classifies it, and never claims the agency read the message.

  • ReceivedemailMar 19, 2026

    RE: FOIA request — 26-F-0417 acknowledgement

    osd.foia@mail.mil → r-4kx9m2@req.aletheca.com

    Your request has been received and assigned case number 26-F-0417. It has been placed in our complex processing queue at position 214. Your fee waiver request is granted…

    Matched by alias

    Arrived at the alias printed on the outbound letter. No inference required.

    confidence 100%