Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR031

Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024

Format
Video
Incident date
Not given
Place
Syria
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
war.gov
Topics
Lights in the sky, Unresolved UAP reports

Description from war.gov

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of five seconds of video footage from a full-motion video (FMV) camera aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D32, described the UAP as consisting of a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light,” and reported that a “light/glare halo effect” occurred at the top of the FMV feed. Video Description: 00:00-00:01: An indistinctly shaped multi-colored area moves from right to left across the top edge of the sensor display within the first second of the video. 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.

Redactions war.gov lists this record as redacted. Withheld material is blacked out in the file itself.

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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-PR031 is a five-second video record submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), stemming from an October 2024 incident over Syria. The footage was captured by a full-motion video camera aboard an unspecified U.S. military platform. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D32, describes the observed object as a "misshapen and uneven ball of white light" with a "light/glare halo effect" at the top of the sensor feed. Within the first second of footage, an indistinctly shaped multi-colored area moves from right to left across the top edge of the display.

The record is classified as unresolved by AARO. The brevity of the footage — five seconds — limits analysis, and the anomaly appears at the sensor display's edge, raising the possibility of sensor artifact or glare. No OCR text was recoverable from the document. The companion report DoW-UAP-D32 is referenced but not included in this release, leaving contextual operational details absent from the public record.

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Records war.gov itself pairs with this one.

  1. DOW-UAP-D032 Mission Report, Syria, October 2024 Department of War Document 10/20/24
  2. DOW-UAP-PR032 Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024 Department of War Video No incident date or place given
  3. DOW-UAP-PR033 Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024 Department of War Video No incident date or place given

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  2. DOW-UAP-PR142 Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025 Department of War Video 2025
  3. DOW-UAP-PR023 Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022 Department of War Video No incident date or place given
  4. DOW-UAP-PR027 Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 Department of War Video No incident date or place given
  5. DOW-UAP-PR026 Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023 Department of War Video No incident date or place given