A two-second, barely visible infrared contrast over Djibouti (2025)
This is the only AFRICOM video in Release 01. U.S. Africa Command submitted two seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform, which war.gov loops for viewing. A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves left to right and leaves at the bottom right. The reporter gave no description. (The mirror adds that Djibouti hosts Camp Lemonnier, the main U.S. base in Africa. That is the mirror's context, not a statement in the file.) *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)
- 2025U.S. Africa Command (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor datainfrared video DOW-UAP-PR43 released by the Department of War DOW-UAP-PR43 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. AFRICOM submitted two seconds; 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. Africa Command (AFRICOM), which submitted the report to AARO. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Sensor is infrared, mounted on a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Total footage runtime is two seconds; the released video is looped for viewing. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Object is described as a small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moving left-to-right across the field-of-view. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Object exits the scene from the bottom right quarter of the screen. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR43, official description as summarised by the mirror)