"NAG UAP": a contrast tracked, lost and reacquired over the North Arabian Gulf (1 June 2020)
This is a 4 min 51 s infrared clip from a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area, uploaded in June 2024. The sensor repeatedly zooms, pans and places reticles to keep an area of contrast in view. The contrast leaves the field of view at 03:38, and the sensor reacquires it and tracks it to the end. *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 operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR059, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024; the file's uploader-defined title is "NAG UAP 1 Jun 20." (DOW-UAP-PR059, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Video duration is 00:04:51; the sensor repeatedly zooms, pans, and reticles an area of contrast to keep it in the field-of-view. (DOW-UAP-PR059, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view at 03:38, then is reacquired and tracked through 04:51. (DOW-UAP-PR059, official description as summarised by the mirror)