Video · September 2021

DOW-UAP-PR121 — Gulf of Oman, 2021: AC-130J screen, clip 5, two objects

Department of War / AARO (DVIDS) · September 2021 · 1 min · Watch the original

34 seconds recorded with a phone from the AC-130J's infrared display over the Gulf of Oman in 2021; released as PR121 in PURSUE release 05. AARO notes that it overlaps substantially with PR122.

Source: Department of War / AARO, PURSUE, via DVIDS. Moments follow AARO's timecoded description, checked against the frames; no relevant audio.

Key moments

  1. 0:00 An area of contrast near the centre of the display (AARO).
  2. 0:13 Two objects: “a relatively larger area of contrast” crosses from the bottom of the frame to the top and comes back in at the left, while a smaller one leaves at the bottom and re-enters at the upper right (AARO). In the frames the larger is a dark, elongated shape near the reticle.
  3. 0:19 The sensor adjusts and an object enters from the top and stays near the centre to the end (AARO).

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