DOW-UAP-PR49, Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army, 2026
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DOW-UAP-PR49 is a 2026 Department of the Army report submitted to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 49 seconds of infrared sensor footage recorded from an unspecified U.S. military platform over North America. The video shows a sensor initially tracking one area of interest before shifting to track two distinct areas of contrast, cycling through zoom levels and contrast settings across the duration of the clip. No oral or written description was provided by the reporting personnel alongside the footage.
The record is notable for its near-total lack of accompanying context: there is no observer narrative, no platform identification, no altitude or speed data, and no date more specific than the year 2026. The two tracked objects are described only as "areas of contrast," leaving their nature entirely uncharacterized. No OCR text was recoverable, suggesting the release contains no embedded documentation beyond the video itself. The absence of reporter description is an identified gap that limits any analytical work AARO or outside researchers could perform on this submission.
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The Department of the Army submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 49 seconds of video from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2026. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.
Video Description:
00:00-00:08: The sensor tracks an initial area of interest.
00:09-00:16: The sensor disengages from its previous area of focus and pans from right to left to track two areas of contrast, narrowing the field-of-view to zoom in while panning to maintain the objects' positions generally within the center of the frame.
00:17-01:03: The sensor widens its field-of-view to zoom out, keeping the areas of contrast generally centered within the display.
01:04-01:08: The sensor field-of-view rapidly cycles between levels of zoom, causing the areas of contrast to appear to rapidly increase and decrease in size.
01:09-01:48: The sensor tracks the areas of contrast while maintaining a generally centered position, intermittently cycling between contrast settings.
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.