Four areas of contrast cross an infrared view over water: "4 UAP Formation Iran" (26 August 2022)
This is a 20-second infrared clip from a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area, uploaded to a classified network in June 2024. From 00:01 to 00:04, four areas of contrast cross the field of view from the lower left; a fifth enters at top left at 00:05. The uploader called it a "4 UAP Formation" over water near Iran on 26 August 2022. The case/tehran record in this database cites PR050 only as a related file; it is not the same incident. *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.*
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 CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2022. (DOW-UAP-PR050, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024; total duration is 00:00:20. (DOW-UAP-PR050, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 00:01-00:04, four areas of contrast transit the sensor field-of-view, entering from the lower third of the left side and exiting near the center of the bottom of the frame. (DOW-UAP-PR050, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 00:05-00:06, an area of contrast enters from the top left corner of the screen. (DOW-UAP-PR050, official description as summarised by the mirror)