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RELEASE 01 / DOW-UAP-PR039

INFRARED SENSOR

DOW-UAP-PR039, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020

File ID
DOW-UAP-PR039
Agency
Department of War
Release
Release 01, 8 May 2026
Event date
Not given
Location
Arabian Gulf
Type
VIDEO
Redactions
Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
Provenance
INFRARED SENSOR
Paired files
DOW-UAP-PR088, DOW-UAP-PR089, DOW-UAP-D042

The official record

Official copy at DVIDS

Official summary, as published

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of five seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

Video Description:

00:03-00:05: A faint area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom half of the right edge of the screen, proceeds from right to left across the corner of the frame, and exits the scene from near the center of the bottom edge of the screen.

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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1 name

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Our reading

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  1. First seen

    1.6 MB (1,708,179 bytes)

    SHA-256 b0975d88681b2d0afb31cf83c43d4e63fedef67fec5687795bdec257decb0825