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This redacted video was submitted to AARO among Department of War materials found on a classified network, and AARO notes that many of those materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that the file, with the uploader-defined title "IIR 1 655 S0053 23/Several Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Encountered In The Vicinity of Columbus OH," is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the United States Northern Command area of responsibility in November 2022.

The file was uploaded to a classified network in March 2023. The source does not identify the objects beyond the uploader-defined title's wording.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

00:00-00:04: No content.
00:05-00:07: The sensor pans to center a small area of contrast within its field-of-view.
00:11-00:37: The sensor cycles contrast modes and zoom levels while the area of contrast remains generally within the sensor field-of-view.
00:38-00:41: The orientation of the sensor relative to the area of contrast causes the area of contrast to appear to rotate.
00:42-01:14: A second area of contrast enters the frame from near the center of the top of the screen. It transits the sensor field-of-view, before becoming obscured by a redacted visual element of the sensor display.
01:17: The initial area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background.
01:20: The sensor rotates, causing the second area of contrast to re-enter the scene before exiting the frame at the center of the top of the screen.
01:23-01:28: No content.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/22/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 2022, Midwestern United States
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR073
This release is redacted.
Running time: 1 minute 29 seconds.