Two parts of an infrared recording of several contrasts (31 August 2020)
These are two 4 min 58 s infrared clips, "31 AUG ... Observes UAP" and "part2", uploaded in August 2020. Several areas of contrast enter and leave the field of view while the sensor cycles zoom and contrast modes. The Range Fouler form DOW-UAP-D42 reports three objects at dusk on 31 August 2020. The release does not connect them. *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. (DOW-UAP-PR088, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The platform was operating within the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR088, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in August 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR088, official description as summarised by the mirror)Range Fouler: one object overtaken by another, then three on screen (31 August 2020)
- Total video duration is 00:04:58, with no content in the first 1:21. (DOW-UAP-PR088, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Multiple areas of contrast enter and exit the field-of-view between 01:22 and 04:58 as the sensor cycles zoom and pans to track them. (DOW-UAP-PR088, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- AARO assesses the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR089, official description as summarised by the mirror)