A contrast that leaves and re-enters the frame several times (24 August 2020)
This is a 4 min 57 s infrared clip uploaded in August 2020, with only about 75 seconds of activity. The sensor zooms in on a contrast, which leaves and re-enters the field of view several times between 01:05 and 01:14. The HSM-73 helicopter form DOW-UAP-D56 records three small air contacts on the same date over the North Arabian Sea. The uploader title, "[CALLSIGN] (Mission)", resembles the titles of uncrewed ISR clips, so the two may not be connected. *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)
- Aug 2020CENTCOM area platform (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor datainfrared video DOW-UAP-PR090 released by the Department of War DOW-UAP-PR090 (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.
- ●●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 an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR090, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in August 2020; the uploader-defined title is "24 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) Observes UAP." (DOW-UAP-PR090, official description as summarised by the mirror)A Navy helicopter crew sees three unknown small air contacts with no radar, IFF or ES returns (24 August 2020)
- Total video duration is 00:04:57, with the active tracking sequence confined to roughly the first 75 seconds. (DOW-UAP-PR090, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The sensor zooms in on the area of contrast from 00:22 to 01:04, and the object exits and re-enters the field of view several times from 01:05 to 01:14. (DOW-UAP-PR090, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The segment from 01:15 to 04:57 contains no content. (DOW-UAP-PR090, official description as summarised by the mirror)