An infrared track held centre-frame for a minute and a half (Arabian Gulf, 2020)
CENTCOM submitted 1 min 34 s of infrared video from a U.S. military platform. At 00:01 an area of contrast enters from the lower third of the left side. From 00:02 to the end the sensor pans left to right and keeps it roughly centred. The reporter gave no description. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server, and the video itself was not viewed. Everything in this write-up comes from the official war.gov description, as reproduced and summarised on the ufotransparency.com mirror page. The same clip is published on DVIDS (linked below). Location is the incident location shown in the war.gov listing, as carried on the mirror page. The official description states that it is "informational" and not "an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination".*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2020CENTCOM via AARO (U.S. military platform sensor)sensor data1 min 34 s infrared video of a contrast tracked and kept centred DOW-UAP-PR41
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. CENTCOM submitted it to AARO; the reporter gave no description.
- ●●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
- U.S. Central Command submitted the report to AARO. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The evidence is 1 minute and 34 seconds of infrared sensor video. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The footage was captured from a U.S. military platform in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- At 00:01 an area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom third of the left side. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 00:02 to 01:34 the sensor pans left to right, keeping the contrast generally centered. (DOW-UAP-PR41, official description as summarised by the mirror)