DOW-UAP-PR051
Syrian UAP instant acceleration
- Agency
- Department of War
- Format
- Video
- Incident date
- 2021
- Place
- CENTCOM
- Released
- Release 02, May 22, 2026
- Source
- DVIDS
- Topics
- Infrared / FLIR
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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-PR051 is a five-minute video record associated with a 2021 incident in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, released May 22, 2026, under the PURSUE program. The footage is described as likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. It depicts a sensor tracking an area of contrast, which rapidly exits the frame when tracking ceases. The video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 by an unknown user under the title "Syrian UAP instant acceleration" and was identified by AARO among materials responsive to a March 2026 congressional records request.
The record has significant provenance problems: the uploader is unknown, the chain of custody is not substantiated, and AARO confirms the video was digitally altered before upload. The footage as released is a compiled edit featuring slowed playback, contrast enhancements, zoom, and color inversion applied by the uploader, not by AARO. The rapid frame exit at 00:20–00:21 is the apparent basis for the acceleration claim, but no analytical determination about the object's nature has been made. No OCR text is available.
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