Video · 15 October 2022
DOW-UAP-PR053 — “Cigar Shaped or Fast Spherical UAP”, 15 October 2022
Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · 15 October 2022 · 0 min · Watch the original
A 21-second infrared clip from CENTCOM's area, October 2022, edited with slowed replays before its upload to a classified network in June 2024; released as PR053 in PURSUE release 02.
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
- 0:01 An area of contrast crosses the frame from left to right (AARO).
- 0:06 The clip replays at a slower speed, and again from 0:15 at an even slower one; AARO notes it was “digitally altered prior to its upload”.
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
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