# Why unresolved is not a synonym for extraordinary

Two dated context reports are included, with extracted text for accessibility. These are not new November 2026 conclusions about each acquired recording.

- **NASA Independent Study Team final report (September 2023), printed p. 29:** many observations lack calibration and sensor metadata; size, motion and nature often cannot be conclusively characterized. It explicitly uses GoFast as an example where apparent anomalous behavior can be explained by sensor-platform motion. It distinguishes credible witnesses from calibrated, reproducible measurements. Source: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uap-independent-study-team-final-report.pdf
- **DoD/AARO consolidated annual report (November 2024), printed p. 2:** describes 757 reports received in its reporting period, 118 resolved during the period and a further 174 finalized as prosaic by publication. It says many remaining cases are constrained by inadequate timely sensor data, and that AARO had found no evidence of extraterrestrial beings, activity or technology as of that report. These aggregate figures must not be used to assign a resolution to a specific 2026 release. Source: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/DOD-AARO-Consolidated-Annual-Report-on-UAP-Nov2024.pdf

Observer-estimated speed, an uploader's dramatic filename, a strange IR silhouette, or a government release stamp are not measurements proving an extraordinary object. Conversely, lack of data does not prove an object was imaginary or solved. The collection preserves those distinctions.