Video · 2019
DOW-UAP-PR098 — “UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf?”, 17 minutes
Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · 2019 · 18 min · Watch the original
The longest video of the set, 17½ minutes of infrared footage from CENTCOM's area, uploaded to a classified network in October 2019 as “UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf?”; item 45 of the House Oversight Task Force letter, released as PR098 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
- 0:02 An area of contrast becomes visible and the sensor tracks it (AARO).
- 0:22 Zoomed in, it resolves into “multiple distinct areas of contrast” (AARO), the “formation” of the title.
- 2:00 They briefly leave the field of view; the sensor zooms in and out to follow them (AARO).
- 6:30 For long stretches until 13:17 the object is at times indistinguishable from the grain, and the operator adjusts contrast (AARO).
- 16:23 It repeatedly leaves and re-enters the frame until the end (AARO).
Connected files
Official records (PURSUE)
- DOW-UAP-PR098 — UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf? (recording of)
Incidents
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