Eight separate crossings of the sensor view in five minutes (20 October 2020)
This is a 4 min 54 s infrared clip uploaded in October 2020. AARO logs eight time-stamped events between 01:17 and 04:23 in which an area of contrast crosses the field of view. The sensor changes modes or tries to track at several points. *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)
- 20 Oct 2020U.S. military platform sensor (per AARO)sensor data4 min 54 s infrared clip logging eight crossings of a contrast DOW-UAP-PR080
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 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR080, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the 4-minute, 54-second video to a classified network in October 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR080, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The released description logs eight time-stamped events between 01:17 and 04:23 where an area of contrast crosses the sensor field-of-view. (DOW-UAP-PR080, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- At several points (03:12, 03:20, 03:35, 03:40, 04:02) the sensor changes modes or attempts to track the area of contrast. (DOW-UAP-PR080, official description as summarised by the mirror)