Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR045

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020

Format
Video
Incident date
Not given
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
DVIDS
Topics
Infrared / FLIR, Unresolved UAP reports

Description from war.gov

The Department of the Air Force submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 58 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: 00:00-00:03: The sensor tracks an area of contrast acquiring a reticle lock. 00:04-00:30: The area of contrast gradually increases in distinctiveness against the background. 00:31: The sensor narrows its field-of-view to zoom in on the area of contrast. 00:32-00:56: The area of contrast increases in apparent size and distinctiveness. 00:57-00:58: The area of contrast leaves the center of the frame and passes out of the sensor field-of-view, exiting the scene in the bottom right corner of the screen. 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. AARO Comment: The area of contrast’s apparent increase in size is likely to be at least partially attributable to the U.S. platform closing the distance between itself and the source of the detection.

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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-PR045 is a 2020 infrared sensor video submitted by the Department of the Air Force to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) under the Department of War's PURSUE Release 01 program, declassified on May 8, 2026. The 58-second clip was recorded from an unspecified U.S. military airborne platform. Despite the record title referencing the Middle East, the listed incident location is the Southern United States. No accompanying oral or written description was provided by the reporting personnel. The footage shows a sensor acquiring a reticle lock on an area of contrast, zooming in, and then losing the object as it exits the frame at lower right.

The record is notable primarily for what is absent: no witness statement, no platform identification, and no resolution of the inconsistency between the title's stated location and the metadata. AARO attributes the object's apparent growth in size at least partly to the platform closing distance, stopping short of a definitive explanation. The case remains unresolved. No OCR text was available, limiting further analysis of any accompanying documentation.

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