A 29-second F/A-18 FLIR clip with a brief reticle lock (2022)
This is a 29-second infrared clip titled "F/A-18 FLIR UAP", uploaded in July 2023. A reticle surrounds the area of contrast at 14 seconds and loses track at 27 seconds. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server, and the video itself was not viewed. Everything here comes from the official war.gov description, as reproduced and summarised on the ufotransparency.com mirror page. Release 02 states that on 6 March 2026 eight members of the House asked for 51 potentially UAP-related records. AARO found the responsive material on a classified network, and many items "lack a substantiated chain-of-custody". The quoted titles are uploader-defined, not AARO's, and AARO describes its descriptions as informational only, not analytical judgments. No DVIDS copy of the Release 02 videos was found.*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2022U.S. military platform sensor (per AARO)sensor data29 s F/A-18 FLIR clip with a brief reticle lock DOW-UAP-PR069
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real.
- ●●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
- AARO assesses the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility in 2022. (DOW-UAP-PR069, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in July 2023. (DOW-UAP-PR069, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The video runs 00:00:29; a reticle surrounds the area of contrast at the 14-second mark and loses track at the 27-second mark. (DOW-UAP-PR069, official description as summarised by the mirror)