An eight-pointed star with a trail on infrared (Middle East, 2013)
This is the oldest video in Release 01. CENTCOM submitted 1 min 46 s of infrared video from a U.S. military platform. The official description calls the on-screen shape an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length, moving with a visible trail. It leaves the frame at 00:30 and, after an apparent cut, reappears and stays on screen from 00:35 to 01:44. The reporter gave no description. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server, and the video itself was not viewed. Everything in this write-up comes from the official war.gov description, as reproduced and summarised on the ufotransparency.com mirror page. The same clip is published on DVIDS (linked below). Location is the incident location shown in the war.gov listing, as carried on the mirror page. The official description states that it is "informational" and not "an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination".*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2013CENTCOM via AARO (U.S. military platform sensor)sensor data1 min 46 s infrared video of an eight-pointed shape with a trail DOW-UAP-PR38
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. The command submitted it to AARO; the reporter gave no description.
- ●●Access A U.S. military sensor recorded it.
- ●●No gain sought Released by the government; nobody profits.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released on war.gov (PURSUE).
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Instrument data: the clip itself.
- ●○Restraint The uploader's title frames it as UAP without explaining it.
- ●○Character record An official record, uploader unnamed.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- U.S. Central Command submitted the report to AARO; the underlying observation occurred in 2013 in the Middle East. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Evidence consists of one minute and 46 seconds of infrared video from a sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The shape on screen is described as an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- At 0:10 the sensor zooms in; from 0:11 to 0:29 the contrast area moves with a visible trail; at 0:30 it exits bottom right. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- After an apparent cut, the object reappears and stays on screen from 0:35 to 1:44 before exiting top left. (DOW-UAP-PR38, official description as summarised by the mirror)