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UFO infrared video, Iraq, Dec 2022 (10 s)

Official file: DOW-UAP-PR023, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022

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File type
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UFO infrared video, Iraq, Dec 2022 (10 s)
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Key facts

Official file ID
DOW-UAP-PR23 (cited as DOW-UAP-PR023 in this file)
Document type
Video
Released in
R01 · 2026-05-08
Incident date
not indicated
Incident location
Iraq
Coordinates
33.0955793, 44.1749775
Pages legible
6/6
Duration
11s

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 ten seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, described the UAP as "flying west to east."

✦ AI visual analysis

High-altitude overhead grayscale infrared/EO surveillance view of a dense urban neighborhood, showing flat rooftops, courtyards, narrow streets, and several parked vehicles casting thermal contrast. A cyan crosshair reticle sits at the center of the frame with small tracking bracket corners and an 'N' north-indicator nearby; black redaction boxes obscure sections of the frame edges, likely covering telemetry data. No distinct airborne object is clearly visible in either frame — the imagery is a static rooftop-level city view.

urbanrooftopsaerial viewinfraredcitydrone footagecrosshairsurveillancegrayscalebuildings

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✦ AI summary

USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep undefined-8216304) from 482 ATKS under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, with the SECRET/NOFORN markings struck through, declassified on 8 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and approved for release to AARO. One aircraft took off from OKAS at 011206Z December 2022 and landed there at 020723Z (19 hours 17 minutes), collecting SIGINT and supporting a task force operation in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq, with an ISR target-development mission (primary sensor FMV) to conduct POL scans and identify HVI/POI signatures; the scans covered HVI/POI, POL, ADMs in suits, weapons, convoys/sentries, and personnel. Precoordination was satisfactory and weather was not a factor. At 1620Z (initial contact 011620Z), at FL180, the crew observed one "possible UAP/UAV" flying west to east near grid 38SMB42..83.. (partly redacted); the aircraft did not follow it, continued the mission as tasked, and no further events were observed. UAP signatures are listed as "No," effects on persons as "none reported," and the other UAP fields (physical state, velocity, trajectory, size or shape) are blank. The report states the intel gap was not filled, and the full-motion video was exploited by DGS-AR. Names, callsigns, tail numbers, and exact coordinates are redacted.

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[PAGE 1] SECRET/NOFORN (header, struck through) [right margin, red]: Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. Misrep undefined-8216304 Narrative (S/NF) [struck through] AT 1206Z, [redacted, 1.4a] TOOK OFF FROM OKAS. AT 1220Z, [redacted, 1.4a] HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 1323Z TO 0626Z, [redacted, 1.4a] COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z, [redacted, 1.4a] SUPPORTED T[redacted, 1.4a] TO OP [redacted, 1.4a] (OBJ [redacted, 1.4a] [redacted, 1.4a] IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. SEE ISR LINE 1. AT 1620Z, [redacted, 1.4a] OBSERVED POSSIBLE UAP. SEE UAP LINE 1. AT 0426Z, [redacted, 1.4a] WAS CLEARED TO RTB. AT 0655Z, [redacted, 1.4a] HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. AT 0723Z, [redacted, 1.4a] LANDED AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS-AR (S/RELIDO) [struck through] Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET [struck through] • Associated Caveats: NOFORN [struck through] • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20471202 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 482ATKS • Submit Date: [blank] MSNID [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] AARO [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 001 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 2] [header] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) • Tasking Order (ATO): ID • Mission Type: ISR • ATO Mission Number: [redacted, 1.4a] • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poc POC • Rank: A1C • Full Name: [redacted box: Exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)] • Unit: 482ATKS • Wing: 20FW • Phone Number: [redacted box: FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Email: [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 603 AOC QC • Rank: Ctr • Full Name: [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Unit: 12 AF PAROC • Wing: Other • Phone Number: [redacted box: FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Email: [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other APPROVER • Rank: SrA • Full Name: [redacted box: Exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)] • Unit: 609 AOC • Wing: Other • Phone Number: [redacted box: FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Email: [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 002 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 3] [header] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) • Rank: [blank] • Full Name: [blank] • Unit: [blank] • Wing: [blank] • Phone Number: [blank] • Email: [blank] • Service: [blank] • Operations Center: [blank] ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted box, 1.4a] • Radar Name or Destination: - • Radar Software Load or Mission Data: - • Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: - • RWR Software Load or Mission Data: - • MWS Name or Designator: - • MWS Software Load or Mission Data: - • IRCM Name or Designator: - • IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: - • ECM Name or Designator: - • ECM Software Load or Mission Data: - • CMD Name or Designator: - • Chaff Designator: - • Num Chaff or Cartridges: - • Flare Designator: - • Num Flares: [blank] • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: - • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: - • Num Towed Decoys: - • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: - • Num Radar-Guided AAM: - • Type of IR-Guided AAM: - • Num IR-Guided AAM: - • Gun Name or Designator: - • Num Gun Rounds: - • Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: - [redacted box, 1.4c] • Data Link: - [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 003 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 4] [header] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) • Gentext: - Timeline Takeoff • Callsign: [redacted box, 1.4a] • Number of Aircraft: 1 • Asset Type (Aircraft): [redacted box, 1.4a, 1.4g] • Aircraft Tail Number(s): [redacted box, 1.4a, 1.4g] • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OKAS • Takeoff Time DTG: 011206:00ZDEC22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Mission Canceled: [blank] Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OKAS • Last Land Time: 020723:00ZDEC22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 020733:00ZDEC22 • Total Mission Time: 19 hours 17 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: - ISR • Time-on Station DTG: 011518:00ZDEC22 • Time-off Station DTG: 020426:00ZDEC22 • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted box, 1.4a] • Msn Type: TARGET DEV • Primary Sensor: FMV • Sensors Available: AH/BLASPHEMY • Tasking Type: PLANNED • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: 38SMB42[redacted, 1.4a]83[redacted, 1.4a] • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed: No • Number of EEIs: [blank] GENTEXT/ISR [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 004 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 5] [header] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) • Gentext: (S/NF) [struck through] [redacted, 1.4a] COORDINATED WITH T[redacted, 1.4a] 236 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PRECOORD WAS SATISFACTORY. AT 1220Z, [redacted, 1.4a] ARRIVED ON STATION ISO T[redacted, 1.4a] FOR OP [redacted, 1.4a] ([redacted, 1.4a, 1.4c] TO CONDUCT POL SCANS AND ID HVI/POI SIGNATURES. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z, [redacted, 1.4a] CONDUCTED SCANS FOR HVI/POI, POL, ADMS IN SUITS, WEAPONS, CONVOYS/SENTRY, AND PERSONNEL [redacted, 1.4c] [redacted, 1.4c] FROM 1921Z TO 0428Z, [redacted, 1.4a, 1.4c] AT 0426Z, [redacted, 1.4a] WAS CLEARED OFF TASKING AND RETURNED TO BASE (RTB) ISR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: TF [redacted, 1.4a] • Supported Operation: OP [redacted, 1.4a] (OBJ [redacted, 1.4a, 1.4c] • Precoord Time: 236 MINUTES • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: (U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: [blank] • Intel Gap Filled?: No • Gentext: - On Station • Time On Station DTG: 011220:00ZDEC22 • Callsign: [redacted box, 1.4a] • JTAR Number: - • Killbox (Location): - • Mission Type: ISR • JTAC Callsign: - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Did not Arrive On Station: [blank] Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: 020655:00ZDEC22 • Total Time On Station: 18 hours 35 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] [redacted box: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)] [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 005 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 6] [header] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 011620:00ZDEC22 • MDS Type / Asset Type: [redacted box, 1.4a, 1.4g] • Tail Number: [redacted box, 1.4a, 1.4g] • Friendly Aircraft Location: 38S MB 42[redacted, 1.4a]83[redacted, 1.4a] • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: FL180 • Friendly Aircraft Speed: - • Friendly Aircraft State: - • Training Range (If applicable): - • Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: - • Number of UAP Sighted: 1 • UAP Signatures: No • UAP RF Frequency: - • UAP RF Duration: - • UAP Effects on Persons: (U) NONE REPORTED • Full Name: - • Email: - • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): - • UAP First Seen Location: 38S MB 42[redacted, 1.4a]83[redacted, 1.4a] • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): - GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): (S/NF) [struck through] AT 1620Z, [redacted, 1.4a] OBSERVED 1X POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST IVO 38SMB42[redacted, 1.4a]83[redacted, 1.4a] [redacted, 1.4a] DID NOT FOLLOW UAP. [redacted, 1.4a] CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED, NO FURTHER EVENTS WERE OBSERVED. [redacted box, 1.4a] [footer] SECRET/NOFORN (struck through) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Declassified on: 8 October 2025. MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 006 Approved for Release to AARO

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Official video description

The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame. 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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