Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR027

Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023

Format
Video
Incident date
Not given
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 four minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an infrared (IR) sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D23, mentions a UAP was observed during the mission. Video Description: 00:00-01:55: No content. 01:56: An area of contrast becomes distinguishable against the background in the center of the right side of the display. 02:04: The IR sensor pans to center on the area of contrast. 02:14: The sensor field-of-view narrows to zoom in on the area of contrast. 02:15-03:26: The area of contrast remains generally in the center of the sensor field-of-view. 03:27-04:57: The sensor motion causes the area of contrast to move erratically across the display. Due to this motion, the sensor system repeatedly loses and reacquires the area of contrast within the center area of the display. 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-PR027 is a video record submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), dated October 2023 and released May 8, 2026 under the PURSUE Release 01 program. The document consists of approximately five minutes of infrared sensor footage captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform operating in or near the United Arab Emirates. The footage shows an area of thermal contrast that becomes visible at roughly the two-minute mark, is centered and zoomed in on by the sensor system, and then moves erratically across the display in the final ninety seconds due to sensor platform motion. A companion mission report, DoW-UAP-D23, confirms a UAP was observed during the same mission.

The record is unresolved — no analytical conclusion or identification is provided. The first 115 seconds of footage contain no content, and no OCR text is available, suggesting either a classified or blank document overlay. The sensor's repeated loss and reacquisition of the object in the final segment limits assessment of the phenomenon's behavior. The platform type, altitude, and sensor specifications are not disclosed in this release.

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Records war.gov itself pairs with this one.

  1. DOW-UAP-D023 Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 Department of War Document 10/31/23
  2. DOW-UAP-PR026 Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 Department of War Video No incident date or place given

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