DOW-UAP-PR019, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2022
Official description
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of five seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D10, described the observation as a “possible missile” moving across the field-of-view. The report also described four other objects not depicted in the video as “possible birds.”
✦ AI visual analysis
Grainy black-and-white infrared aerial footage over wooded, vegetated terrain, with a diagonal road or path crossing the upper-left of the frame. A black crosshair reticle with bracket corners sits at center next to an "N" orientation marker, and a small faint bright dot is visible above the reticle against the mottled gray-and-white ground texture.
Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.
Official video description
At the two second mark, the video depicts an area of contrast moving from left to right across the bottom third of the sensor field-of-view. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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