A contrast tracked near the top of the frame for a minute (3 January 2021)
This is a 4 min 57 s infrared clip uploaded in January 2021, with content only between 01:52 and 02:55. The sensor pans to keep a contrast centred, then zooms in, and the contrast leaves at lower left. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server, and the video itself was not viewed. Everything here comes from the official war.gov description, as reproduced and summarised on the ufotransparency.com mirror page. Release 02 states that on 6 March 2026 eight members of the House asked for 51 potentially UAP-related records. AARO found the responsive material on a classified network, and many items "lack a substantiated chain-of-custody". The quoted titles are uploader-defined, not AARO's, and AARO describes its descriptions as informational only, not analytical judgments. No DVIDS copy of the Release 02 videos was found.*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 22 May 2026AARO / Department of War (PURSUE Release 02)sensor datareleased infrared sensor footage of the event, with official timestamped description DOW-UAP-PR076 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real.
- ●●Access A U.S. military sensor recorded it.
- ●●No gain sought Released by the government; nobody profits.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released on war.gov (PURSUE).
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Instrument data: the clip itself.
- ●○Restraint The uploader's title frames it as UAP without explaining it.
- ●○Character record An official record, uploader unnamed.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- AARO assesses the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in January 2021. (DOW-UAP-PR076, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in January 2021. (DOW-UAP-PR076, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Total video duration is 00:04:57, with content only between 01:52 and 02:55. (DOW-UAP-PR076, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 01:52 to 02:48 an area of contrast appears near the center of the top half of the frame and the sensor pans to keep it centered. (DOW-UAP-PR076, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 02:49 to 02:55 the sensor zooms in and the area of contrast exits the frame in the bottom left of the display. (DOW-UAP-PR076, official description as summarised by the mirror)