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This footage was captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform and submitted to AARO by United States Central Command. The report concerns an unidentified anomalous phenomenon in Iraq in December 2022, and the case is unresolved. An accompanying mission report described the UAP as "flying west to east." The released video file is redacted.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame.

The mission report filed on this sighting is posted here:
https://www.documentingreality.com/f...2022-a-271926/

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/8/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: Iraq
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR023
This release is redacted.
Running time: 11 seconds.