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This is likely infrared sensor footage from a U.S. military platform operating in the United States Central Command area of responsibility in June 2022. It was submitted by the Department of War, and AARO says a user uploaded the video to a classified network that same month.

The file carries the uploader-defined title "[CALLSIGN] (Mission) HD_20220613," not an investigator-defined label. AARO identified it among responsive materials on a classified network, many of which lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

00:00-00:10: The sensor pans from right to left tracking an area of contrast moving towards the center of the field-of-view, before losing distinctiveness against the background.
00:11-00:14: The sensor zooms in. An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, entering from the right and exiting from the left side of the frame.
00:15-00:43: The sensor zooms out to track an area of contrast.
00:44-00:47: The sensor zooms in. An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, entering from the right and exiting from the left side of the frame.
00:48-01:05: The sensor cycles its zoom settings multiple times.
01:06-01:13: A small area of contrast transits from the right to the center of the sensor field-of-view.
01:14-01:18: The sensor zooms in on an area of contrast. The area of contrast transits from the right to the center of the frame while the sensor pans up.
01:19-02:05: The sensor zooms and pans to track the area of contrast until it exits the field-of-view at the top of the display.
02:06-03:42: No content.
03:43-03:47: Several areas of contrast become visible near the center of the sensor field-of-view.
03:48-03:50: No content.
03:51-04:00: Four small areas of contrast become visible in the center of the sensor field-of-view. The sensor pans to track the areas of contrast.
04:01-04:21: The sensor cycles its zoom level out and pans to the right to track an area of contrast in the bottom right of the field-of-view.
04:22-04:39: The sensor cycles its zoom level to focus on an area of contrast multiple times.
04:40-04:43: The sensor switches modalities and refocuses on an area of contrast centered in its field-of-view.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 5/22/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 2022, CENTCOM
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR074
This release is redacted.
Running time: 4 minutes 46 seconds.