A five-minute infrared track with reticle cycling, then loss of track (Arabian Gulf, 2020)
CENTCOM submitted 5 min 11 s of infrared video from a U.S. military platform. The file includes audio that was recorded incidentally and, according to the official description, is unrelated to the picture. From 00:31 to 03:24 the sensor tracks an area of contrast, cycling contrast and zoom; these changes appear as brief white flashes. From 03:25 to 04:23 it cycles reticles of several sizes. It then zooms out, stops tracking at 04:54, and the contrast leaves at top left. 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".*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2020U.S. military sensor (released by AARO)sensor data5 min 11 s infrared track, also on DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR44
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. CENTCOM submitted five minutes of infrared; 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
- U.S. Central Command submitted the report to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Footage runs 5 minutes 11 seconds and was captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Incidentally recorded audio on the file does not relate to the visual content. (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 00:31 to 03:24 the sensor pans down and right and tracks an area of contrast for roughly three minutes, cycling contrast and zoom that appear as brief white flashes. (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 03:25 to 04:23 the sensor cycles through reticles of multiple sizes while continuing to track the contrast area. (DOW-UAP-PR44, official description as summarised by the mirror)