Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023

DOW-UAP-PR136 is a 2023 incident report submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), consisting of 30 seconds of infrared sensor video captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform operating in the Middle East. The footage shows a sensor tracking an unidentified area of contrast, briefly locking on with a targeting reticle before the view is repeatedly obscured by a platform component passing in front of the sensor. No additional personnel, narrative reporting, or technical metadata are described in the available record.

The report is classified as unresolved by AARO. The repeated sensor occlusion limits what the footage can conclusively show, and no OCR text or accompanying written analysis is present in the release. The incident location is given only as "Middle East," with no further geographic specificity. The document fits a pattern of CENTCOM-sourced UAP submissions to AARO following the office's 2022 establishment, but without supplementary reporting or sensor data, the footage alone provides limited basis for characterization.