Four clips of a "spherical UAP" from one platform on 12 April 2021
These four videos, each about 4 min 50 s, carry uploader titles of the form "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12": "obj 2", "vid 0", "vid 1" and "vid 2". AARO says each likely comes from a full-motion video camera and infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area in 2021. They were uploaded in May and June 2024. Each shows the sensor tracking an area of contrast. The labels suggest at least two objects ("obj 2") and at least three recordings, but the descriptions do not say whether the clips overlap. *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.*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 12 Apr 2021U.S. military sensor (released by AARO)sensor datafour infrared and FMV clips from one platform DOW-UAP-PR060 to PR063
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 a full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2021. (DOW-UAP-PR060, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024. (DOW-UAP-PR060, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The uploader-defined title is "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2." (DOW-UAP-PR060, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Video duration is 00:04:50; an area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view from right to left while the sensor pans and zooms to track it. (DOW-UAP-PR060, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- AARO assesses the video is likely derived from a full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR061, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The platform was operating within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2021. (DOW-UAP-PR061, official description as summarised by the mirror)
Claims
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Sources
- war.gov/ufo, PURSUE Release 02 listing (22 May 2026; not reachable from this server)
- Mirror file list for Release 02 (ufotransparency.com)
- DOW-UAP-PR060 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
- DOW-UAP-PR061 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
- DOW-UAP-PR062 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
- DOW-UAP-PR063 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description