DOW-UAP-PR135, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025
Key moments
Key facts
- Official file ID
- DOW-UAP-PR135
- Document type
- Video
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- R06 · 2026-09-18
- Incident date
- 2025
- Incident location
- Middle East
- Coordinates
- 29, 45
- Duration
- 60s
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 1 minute of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. An accompanying mission report, DOW-UAP-D108, described the UAP as “six small spherical objects grouped together, and characterized their behavior as “seem[ingly] agile,” and “frequently changing direction.” The reporter estimated the speed of the UAP to have been 480 miles per hour.
✦ AI visual analysis
Grayscale infrared footage, initially at a wide field of view showing a lattice communications tower on a small island or coastal spit, with a crosshair reticle and "N" marker centered. As the sensor zooms out and the image grows brighter and hazier (heavy sensor blooming), a cluster of several small bright points becomes visible below and to the side of the reticle, moving together as a loose group rather than as a single object. The points vary in apparent number and spacing across frames, sometimes appearing as one elongated bright smear. Overall image contrast is low and washed out for most of the clip.
Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.
Official video description
00:00-00:04: No content. 00:05-00:10: Several areas of contrast transit the sensor field-of-view, entering from the top of the frame and exiting from the bottom. 00:11-00:47: The sensor pans to track the areas of contrast, keeping them generally within the center of the frame. 00:48-1:00: The sensor changes its level of magnification. No content. 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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