File 103585 · April 26, 2013
Aguadilla UAP / Puerto Rico Objects
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Opened 10/4/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — AARO / DVIDS
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Official Aguadilla UAP infrared video
AARO / DVIDS
Original tape · original language kept
English writing · original voice kept
English writing of the original tape. Aguadilla UAP / Puerto Rico Objects — AARO / DVIDS. The voice on the recording is left as it was spoken.
AARO report on Puerto Rico Objects incident.
What was claimed
U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft infrared sensor captured footage of an object flying low over land, crossing into the ocean near Rafael Hernandez Airport. AARO later assessed it as two objects traveling at wind speed without anomalous behavior.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
On the evening of April 26, 2013, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection DHC-8 aircraft equipped with an MX-15D infrared sensor was on a routine patrol near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The crew observed and recorded an unidentified object with a thermal signature flying at low altitude over the Rafael Hernandez Airport area. The footage shows the object moving steadily, appearing to enter the water near the coast, and continuing underwater before the recording ends. The video was obtained by researchers and analyzed extensively. In 2024, AARO publicly released the footage as part of its UAP historical review, concluding with high confidence that it depicts two nearby objects (likely balloons or debris) moving in a straight line at wind speed, with no splitting or transmedium travel. The case is documented in official government releases.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station was flying. Starlink was not. A string of orbs in this year is usually not a train.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
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Same craft · Same place · Same year · April 26, 2013
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