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This infrared video was submitted to AARO by United States Central Command as an unresolved UAP report from the Arabian Gulf in 2020. It was recorded by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform.

The source says the report concerns an unidentified anomalous phenomenon, but the reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. The released file is redacted.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

This video features incidentally recorded audio, which does not relate to the visual content described below.
00:00-00:30: No content.
00:31-03:24: The sensor pans down and to the right to focus on an area of contrast. The sensor tracks the area of contrast against the background for approximately three minutes, panning to maintain its position generally within the center of the frame. The sensor cycles contrast and zoom levels several times throughout, appearing as brief, bright white flashes across the frame.
03:25-04:23: The sensor cycles through reticles of various sizes while continuing to track the area of contrast. Between 04:20 and 04:23, the area of contrast briefly leaves the center of the sensor field-of-view.
04:24-04:50: The sensor field-of-view widens to zoom out from the scene, continuing to track the area of contrast.
04:50-04:54: The sensor stops tracking the area of contrast, at which point it exits the frame from the top left quadrant of the screen.
04:55-05:11: No content.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/8/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: Arabian Gulf
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR044
This release is redacted.
Running time: 5 minutes 12 seconds.