DOW-UAP-PR037

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020

Format
Video
Incident date
Not given
Place
Arabian Gulf
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
DVIDS

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 nine seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description: 00:06-00:08: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom left quarter of the screen, follows a generally linear path from the bottom of the screen to the top, and exits from the top left quarter. 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-PR037 is a 2020 incident report submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The document consists of nine seconds of infrared sensor video recorded from an unspecified U.S. military platform operating in the Arabian Gulf region. No oral or written description was provided by the reporting personnel. The video shows an area of contrast entering the sensor frame from the lower left, traveling on a broadly linear path, and exiting at the upper left over a two-second window (00:06–00:08).

The report is notable primarily for what it lacks: no observer narrative, no metadata identifying the platform or sensor type, no altitude or speed estimates, and no analytical conclusions. The absence of a written account alongside the footage limits any resolution effort. The case remains unresolved in the AARO inventory. As a video-only submission with no supplementary information, it represents a recurring limitation in UAP reporting — raw sensor data submitted without the contextual information needed for systematic analysis.

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