Video · October 2023
DOW-UAP-PR026 — United Arab Emirates, October 2023: an object the sensor lets go
Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · October 2023 · 1 min · Watch the original
43 seconds of infrared footage from a U.S. military platform over the United Arab Emirates in October 2023, submitted by CENTCOM with a mission report (D023) that also covers PR027; released as PR026 in PURSUE release 01.
Source: Department of War / AARO, PURSUE, via DVIDS. Moments follow AARO's timecoded description; silent sensor footage, no transcript.
Key moments
- 0:00 An area of contrast stays in the top left quarter of the display (AARO). The paired mission report, D023, records that a UAP was observed during the mission.
- 0:17 The sensor pans right to left and back, so the object passes through the centre and returns to about where it was (AARO).
- 0:29 The sensor stops tracking and the object leaves at the left; the sensor does not find it again (AARO).
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
- DOW-UAP-PR026 — Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 (recording of)
- DOW-UAP-D023 — Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 (discusses)
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