Video · 2020
DOW-UAP-PR042 — Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · 2020 · 5 min · Watch the original
CENTCOM submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of four minutes and 53 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Released as PR042 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 enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom left corner of the frame. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the lower left quadrant of the frame (AARO).
- 0:13 The area of contrast intermittently loses distinctiveness against the background, seeming to disappear and reappear irregularly (AARO).
- 0:42 An area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view from the left half of the top of the frame, after which the sensor pans up and to the left (AARO).
- 0:53 The sensor pans erratically, with an area of contrast appearing in a relatively fixed position to the left and slightly below the center of the frame (AARO).
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
- DOW-UAP-PR042 — Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020 (recording of)
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