Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR134

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Format
Video
Incident date
2025
Place
Middle East
Released
Release 05, August 7, 2026
Source
DVIDS
Topics
Infrared / FLIR, Unresolved UAP reports

Description from war.gov

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. Video description: 00:00-01:39: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times. 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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Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on August 20, 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-PR134 is a video record submitted by U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), pertaining to an unidentified anomalous phenomenon observed in the Middle East in 2025. The document type is video (VID), released August 7, 2026, under the PURSUE Release 01 program. The footage runs 1 minute and 39 seconds and was captured by an electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor mounted on an unspecified U.S. military platform. No personnel names, specific coordinates, or platform type are identified in the available record.

The footage shows a sensor operator tracking an area of contrast across the frame, with multiple adjustments to collection mode and magnification, suggesting active attempts to characterize the object or phenomenon. No OCR text is available, meaning no accompanying written analysis or metadata was extractable from this release. The record is formally unresolved — AARO has not appended an explanatory conclusion. It fits a pattern of EO/IR sensor reports from military operational theaters that remain without definitive identification in the PURSUE release set.

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