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This video is footage from an unresolved UAP report in the Western United States, transferred to AARO by the United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force in 2022. The source says it was likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform during a 1996 incident. The released file is redacted.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

No formal data handling practices for UAP-related records existed at the time this media was reported to the UAPTF. This media was digitally altered before being reported to the UAPTF, and is presented as it was received by AARO.
00:01-00:13: No content.
00:14-00:17: An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, entering near the upper right corner and exiting near the lower left corner of the frame.
00:18-01:21: The footage repeats frame-by-frame.
01:22-02:13: The footage repeats at a slower playback speed.
02:14-02:56: The footage holds on a frame extracted from the first 17 seconds of the video.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 7/10/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 1996, Western United States
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR113
This release is redacted.
Running time: 2 minutes 56 seconds.