Nine seconds of infrared: a contrast crosses the frame in two seconds (Arabian Gulf, 2020)
CENTCOM submitted this unresolved UAP report to AARO. The whole record is a nine-second infrared clip from a U.S. military platform, and only about two seconds of it show anything. Between 00:06 and 00:08 an area of contrast enters at bottom left and leaves at top left on a roughly straight path. 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".*
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. CENTCOM submitted it; 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
- Originating command is U.S. Central Command; incident location is the Arabian Gulf. (DOW-UAP-PR37, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The entire evidentiary record is nine seconds of infrared sensor footage from a U.S. military platform in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR37, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR37, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- AARO's video description places the visible motion between 00:06 and 00:08, entering bottom-left and exiting top-left along a generally linear path. (DOW-UAP-PR37, official description as summarised by the mirror)