Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, 2022

This record consists of a single infrared still image submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), documenting an unresolved UAP encounter over Iraq in 2022. The image, captured by a sensor aboard a U.S. military platform, shows two areas of thermal contrast: one centered in a targeting reticle, another in the lower third of the frame with an elongated trail suggesting motion from upper-right to lower-left across the field of view. An accompanying mission report (DOW-UAP-D106) describes the object as moving sporadically at speeds between 80-180 mph. OCR text from the document is largely illegible, showing classification markings (1.4a, 1.4g) and command header fragments.

The record is notable primarily for what it omits: no altitude, precise geolocation, sensor platform type, or resolution narrative is provided beyond the raw image and brief speed estimate. AARO's accompanying note explicitly cautions that the visual trail may be a compression/processing artifact rather than a physical characteristic of the object, underscoring the preliminary and unresolved nature of the case. This is consistent with AARO's broader practice of releasing sensor data without analytical conclusions, leaving classification as "unresolved" pending further evidence.