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DOW-UAP-PR39, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020

UNCLASSIFIED // RECORD RELEASE 1 · 2026-05-08
VIDEO Department of War · Arabian Gulf

DOW-UAP-PR39, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020

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 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description: 00:03-00:05: A faint area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom half of the right edge of the screen, proceeds from right to left across the corner of the frame, and exits the scene from near the center of the bottom edge of the screen. 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.

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dow-uap-pr39-unresolved-uap-report-middle-east-2020
Release
release_1 (2026-05-08)
Agency
Department of War
Type
video
Incident location
Arabian Gulf
DVIDS id
1006089
Content-Type
video/mp4
Size
1.63 MB
sha256
b0975d88681b2d0afb31cf83c43d4e63fedef67fec5687795bdec257decb0825

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