DOW-UAP-PR055
Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020
- Agency
- Department of War
- Format
- Video
- Incident date
- 2020
- Place
- CENTCOM
- Released
- Release 02, May 22, 2026
- Source
- DVIDS
- Topics
- Orbs & spheres, 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-PR055 is a 47-second video record associated with an incident dated November 23, 2020, in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, assessed by AARO as likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating over or near Afghanistan. The video was uploaded to a classified network by an unknown user in June 2024 and was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2026. The footage depicts an area of contrast — described in the uploader's title as a spherical UAP — transiting through the frame, appearing to enter and exit cloud cover.
The record has notable evidentiary limitations: the video was digitally altered before upload, including processing for zoom, sharpening, motion tracking, contrast enhancement, and speed reduction, and AARO confirms no substantiated chain-of-custody exists. The uploader is unidentified, and no original sensor metadata or platform identification is included. AARO draws no analytical conclusions about the object's nature.
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