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This footage, submitted by the Department of War, is described by AARO as likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Africa Command area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded it to a classified network in October 2020 under the uploader-defined title "16 OCT 2020 [CALLSIGN] views UAP."

AARO notes that many materials in this collection lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. The released video is redacted, and the source does not identify what is shown beyond the uploader's UAP label.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

00:28-00:29: An area of contrast transits the frame from the middle left side of the frame to the upper right side of the frame.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/22/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 2020, AFRICOM
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR082
This release is redacted.
Running time: 4 minutes 57 seconds.