Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR023

Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022

Format
Video
Incident date
Not given
Place
Iraq
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
war.gov
Topics
Infrared / FLIR, Unresolved UAP reports

Description from war.gov

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of ten seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, described the UAP as "flying west to east." Video Description: The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

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Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on May 22, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.

DOW-UAP-PR023 is a ten-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), documenting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon observed over Iraq in December 2022. The recording was made from an unspecified U.S. military airborne platform. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, describes the object as traveling west to east. The video shows an area of contrast moving from the lower left to the upper right of the sensor field-of-view, exiting the frame at approximately the six-second mark.

The record is classified as unresolved. No analytical conclusion, identification, or explanation is provided in the released material. The accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, is referenced but not included in this release, leaving contextual operational details absent. The platform type, altitude, sensor specifications, and any subsequent investigation findings are not disclosed. The document contains no OCR-recoverable text, suggesting the release consists solely of the video file with a brief descriptive summary.

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