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RELEASE 04 / DOW-UAP-PR113

INFRARED SENSOR

DOW-UAP-PR113, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 1996

File ID
DOW-UAP-PR113
Agency
Department of War
Release
Release 04, 10 Jul 2026
Event date
1996 (read as 1996; precision: year)
Location
Western United States
Type
VIDEO
Redactions
Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
Provenance
INFRARED SENSOR

The official record

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Official summary, as published

The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 2 minutes and 57 seconds of footage likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 1996.

Video Description: No formal data handling practices for UAP-related records existed at the time this media was reported to the UAPTF. This media was digitally altered before being reported to the UAPTF, and is presented as it was received by AARO.

00:01-00:13: No content.

00:14-00:17: An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, entering near the upper right corner and exiting near the lower left corner of the frame.

00:18-01:21: The footage repeats frame-by-frame.

01:22-02:13: The footage repeats at a slower playback speed.

02:14-02:56: The footage holds on a frame extracted from the first 17 seconds of the video.

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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    64.1 MB (67,174,905 bytes)

    SHA-256 0754c6e374e23d3ae6f9fbb99e29c9b85e54871e6d377ce8a19f0ea844e42f19