NORTHCOM infrared clip: several small contrasts, one auto-tracked (Eastern U.S., 2020)
U.S. Northern Command reported this event to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The release consists of 1 minute of footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. The Department of War released it as DOW-UAP-PR111 in PURSUE Release 04 (10 July 2026) and lists it as an unresolved UAP report. The only written content is the official timestamped video description, which calls the target an "area of contrast" and draws no conclusion. No mission report, witness statement, size, speed or range accompanies it. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. File descriptions were read from the ufotransparency.com mirror, which reproduces or summarises the Department of War's official description; video and audio were not viewed or played. Quotation marks below are used only for wording the mirror presents as the release's own text.*
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. The command submitted it to AARO as a UAP report.
- ●●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
- Submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO; incident 2020 (no month given), Eastern United States. (DOW-UAP-PR111, official description)
- Footage: 1 minute, infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR111, official description)
- Official video timeline (DOW-UAP-PR111, official description): 00:01-00:21: several small areas of contrast enter and leave the field of view as the sensor pans. 00:22-00:41: an auto-tracking reticle surrounds one contrast and the sensor keeps it near centre while others periodically enter and exit. 00:42-00:49: the sensor zooms out. 00:50-01:00: the contrast is no longer visible; the display flickers between black and normal while cycling contrast modes.
- The Department of War states the video description is provided for informational purposes only and is not an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's validity, nature, or significance. (DOW-UAP-PR111, official description)