DOW-UAP-PR085
16 Sept 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] observes UAP
- Agency
- Department of War
- Format
- Video
- Incident date
- 2020
- Place
- CENTCOM
- Released
- Release 02, May 22, 2026
- Source
- DVIDS
- Topics
- Military aircrew
Description from war.gov
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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-PR085 is a 4-minute, 44-second video record associated with an incident dated September 16, 2020, within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. It was released on May 22, 2026, as part of the PURSUE Release 01 program, following a March 2026 congressional request by eight House members for access to potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. AARO assessed the footage as likely originating from a full-motion video camera aboard a U.S. military platform. The video was uploaded to a classified network in September 2020 by an unidentified user. The pilot callsigns referenced in the title are redacted. Approximately 77 seconds of the video contain no content, and the observable event — an area of contrast tracked by a panning, zooming sensor — spans roughly three minutes.
The record's primary limitations are the absence of a substantiated chain-of-custody and the lack of accompanying metadata, sensor identification, or analytical reporting. The pilot identities are redacted. AARO explicitly declines to characterize the observed contrast area. The document fits a pattern within this release of sensor footage uploaded informally to classified networks without formal incident reporting, complicating any assessment of the original observation's context or credibility.
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