Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR033

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: 00:01-00:03: Two semi-transparent, irregularly shaped orange areas overlay the background imagery, persisting for less than two seconds each. 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-PR033 is a five-second full-motion video clip submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), captured by a camera aboard a U.S. military platform over Syria in October 2024. The accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D32) describes the observed phenomenon as a "misshapen and uneven ball of white light" with a "light/glare halo effect" at the top of the FMV feed. The video itself shows two semi-transparent, irregularly shaped orange areas overlaying the background imagery, each persisting for under two seconds between the one- and three-second marks.

The record is classified as unresolved by AARO, meaning no definitive identification was reached. The extremely short duration of the footage — five seconds — limits analytical utility, and the visual characteristics described (halo effects, semi-transparent overlays) are consistent with known optical and sensor artifacts, though no formal determination has been published. No OCR text is available from the underlying document, and the companion report DoW-UAP-D32 is referenced but not included in this release.

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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-PR031 Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024 Department of War Video No incident date or place given
  3. DOW-UAP-PR032 Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024 Department of War Video No incident date or place given

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