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This is infrared footage of an unresolved UAP report from the Middle East, submitted to AARO by United States Central Command. The video came from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in May 2020.

An accompanying Range Fouler report, DoW-UAP-D38, described the UAP as a solid white object making erratic movements above the water. The released file is redacted.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

00:05: An area of contrast briefly enters the sensor field-of-view from the left side of the screen.
00:06-00:18: The sensor pans away from the scene’s initial subject matter while cycling contrast settings and zoom levels.
00:19: The area of contrast re-enters the sensor field-of-view from near the center of the top edge of the screen.
00:20-01:15: The area of contrast remains generally within the sensor field-of-view.
01:16: The sensor narrows its field-of-view to zoom in on the area of contrast.
01:56: The sensor further narrows its field-of-view to zoom in on the area of contrast.
02:10: A blue reticle briefly appears on screen but does not acquire a lock on the area of contrast.
02:15-02:17: The sensor switches to a different modality and loses track of the area of contrast.

The mission report filed on this sighting is posted here:
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2020-a-271936/

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/8/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: Middle East
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR036
This release is redacted.
Running time: 2 minutes 17 seconds.