A faint contrast clips the corner of an infrared frame (Arabian Gulf, 2020)
CENTCOM submitted five seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform. From 00:03 to 00:05 a faint area of contrast crosses the lower right corner and exits near the middle of the bottom edge. 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 data5 s infrared video of a faint contrast crossing the frame DOW-UAP-PR39
How plausible · High
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. The command 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
- CENTCOM submitted the report to AARO; the source asset is five seconds of infrared sensor video from a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR39, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Incident year is 2020; incident location is the Arabian Gulf. (DOW-UAP-PR39, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter provided no oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR39, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Video description window is 00:03 to 00:05, a faint area of contrast traversing the lower-right corner of the frame and exiting near the center of the bottom edge. (DOW-UAP-PR39, official description as summarised by the mirror)