Video · May 2020
DOW-UAP-PR036 — Middle East, May 2020: the range-fouler video
Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · May 2020 · 2 min · Watch the original
Two minutes 17 seconds of infrared footage submitted by CENTCOM with a range-fouler report (DOW-UAP-D038) from May 2020; released as PR036 in PURSUE release 01. Its soundtrack carries unrelated incidental audio.
Source: Department of War / AARO, PURSUE, via DVIDS. Moments follow AARO's timecoded description, checked against the frames; silent sensor footage, no transcript.
Key moments
- 0:05 An area of contrast briefly enters from the left; the sensor pans away and cycles contrast and zoom (AARO). The range-fouler report, D038, describes “a solid white object making erratic movements above the water”.
- 0:19 The object re-enters from the top edge and stays in view for about a minute (AARO).
- 1:16 The sensor zooms in on it, and again at 1:56 (AARO).
- 2:10 A blue reticle appears but does not lock on; at 2:15 the sensor switches modality and loses the object (AARO).
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
- DOW-UAP-PR036 — Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020 (recording of)
- DOW-UAP-D038 — Range Fouler Debrief, Middle East, May 2020 (discusses)
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