Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army, 2026

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The Department of the Army submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 49 seconds of video from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2026. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description: 00:00-00:08: The sensor tracks an initial area of interest. 00:09-00:16: The sensor disengages from its previous area of focus and pans from right to left to track two areas of contrast, narrowing the field-of-view to zoom in while panning to maintain the objects' positions generally within the center of the frame. 00:17-01:03: The sensor widens its field-of-view to zoom out, keeping the areas of contrast generally centered within the display. 01:04-01:08: The sensor field-of-view rapidly cycles between levels of zoom, causing the areas of contrast to appear to rapidly increase and decrease in size. 01:09-01:48: The sensor tracks the areas of contrast while maintaining a generally centered position, intermittently cycling between contrast settings. 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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DOW-UAP-PR049 is a 2026 Department of the Army report submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The record consists of one minute and 49 seconds of infrared sensor video captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform over North America. The footage shows a sensor tracking two areas of contrast, cycling through zoom levels and contrast settings over the course of the clip. No oral or written description of the observation was provided by the reporter, and no crew or witness statements accompany the submission.

The absence of any reporter narrative is a notable gap, leaving the video as the sole evidentiary basis for the report. The object count — two distinct areas of contrast — and the sensor's active tracking behavior are the primary points of interest for analysts. No OCR text is available, suggesting the record contains no accompanying documentation beyond the video itself. The incident remains unresolved per its classification. Its placement in the PURSUE Release 01 collection indicates AARO was unable to identify a conventional explanation at the time of release.

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