US intelligence:

Mysterious object over Puerto Rico was not a UFO

(Bild: kameraOne (Screenshot))

In April 2013, an unidentified flying object (UFO) flew over the tarmac of Raphael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico - an outlying territory of the USA. The mysterious object, which appeared to split in the air, was filmed by the infrared camera of a US jet. Only now is it clear what it was ...

The footage was recently analyzed by experts from the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), a department within the Pentagon's Department of Defense. The incident was assessed as a potential UFO sighting at the end of April 2013.

What is the AARO?

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is a division within the Department of Defense that investigates unidentified flying objects (UFOs for short) and other phenomena in the air, at sea, in space and/or on land.

The infrared images showed something moving quickly over Rafael Hernández Airport. At one point, the object appeared to split in two and interact with the ocean surface before disappearing off the northwest coast of Puerto Rico.

The object (marked in red) was filmed by the infrared camera of a US jet in April 2013.(Bild: kameraOne (Screenshot))

The AARO experts who reconstructed the flight path of the alleged UFO have now concluded that there were no anomalous speeds or flight behavior. According to their analysis, the footage shows two objects - presumably two balloons or sky lanterns - moving close to each other at wind speed, rather than a single object splitting in two.

According to AARO, the reconstruction also shows that the objects followed a straight trajectory and, contrary to previous impressions, did not plunge into the sea. The experts therefore came to the conclusion that it was highly likely that the objects were carried through the air by strong winds and not UFOs.