DOW-UAP-PR026, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
DOW-UAP-PR026 is a video record submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), dated October 2023 and released May 8, 2026. The document consists of 43 seconds of infrared sensor footage captured from a U.S. military platform operating in the United Arab Emirates. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D23, corroborates that a UAP was observed during the same mission. The footage shows an area of contrast in the upper-left quadrant of the sensor display, briefly passing through center frame during a sensor pan before the sensor loses track of the object at the 29-second mark and does not reacquire it.
The record is classified as unresolved by AARO. No analytical conclusions about the object's nature, origin, or behavior are drawn in the release materials. The absence of OCR text suggests no written analytical product accompanies this release beyond the video description. The companion document DoW-UAP-D23 is referenced but not included, leaving the mission context incomplete. The footage itself provides no altitude, speed, or size data for the observed contrast area.
Redactions present in this record. Black bars protect identities of eyewitnesses, locations of facilities, or non-UAP-related sensitive material.
