DOW-UAP-PR45, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
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DOW-UAP-PR45 is a Department of War record released May 8, 2026, documenting a UAP incident reported by the Department of the Air Force to AARO. The incident occurred in 2020; despite the record title referencing the Middle East, the listed incident location is the Southern United States. The submission consists of 58 seconds of infrared sensor video captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform. No oral or written description was provided by the reporting individual. The footage shows a sensor acquiring a reticle lock on an area of contrast, zooming in, tracking the object as it increases in apparent size, and losing it as it exits the frame at lower right.
The record is notable for the absence of any accompanying narrative report from the aircrew, leaving the video as the sole evidentiary basis. AARO assesses the object's apparent size increase as likely attributable at least in part to the platform closing distance, suggesting no anomalous acceleration was identified. The title-location discrepancy is unresolved and unexplained in available text. No OCR text was recoverable, and no further analytical conclusions are documented.
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The Department of the Air Force submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 58 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:
00:00-00:03: The sensor tracks an area of contrast acquiring a reticle lock.
00:04-00:30: The area of contrast gradually increases in distinctiveness against the background.
00:31: The sensor narrows its field-of-view to zoom in on the area of contrast.
00:32-00:56: The area of contrast increases in apparent size and distinctiveness.
00:57-00:58: The area of contrast leaves the center of the frame and passes out of the sensor field-of-view, exiting the scene in the bottom right corner 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.
AARO Comment: The area of contrast’s apparent increase in size is likely to be at least partially attributable to the U.S. platform closing the distance between itself and the source of the detection.