An 8-minute, digitally altered clip of four contrasts titled "UAP USO Formation" (date not given)
This is an 8 min 16 s infrared clip from a U.S. military platform, uploaded in June 2024 and "digitally altered prior to upload". Four areas of contrast cross the frame. The footage is then refocused across several apparent cuts, contrast filters and zoom levels, and degrades towards the end. The uploader titled it "UAP USO Formation", using USO for an unidentified submerged object. Nothing in the description says anything entered or left the water. *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.*
How plausible · Moderate
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. This clip was digitally altered before upload.
- ●●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.
- ●○Character record An official record, uploader unnamed.
- ●○Fits the documented skeleton Part of the documented AARO/PURSUE record of unresolved military cases.
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. (DOW-UAP-PR052, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024; runtime is 00:08:16. (DOW-UAP-PR052, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The media was digitally altered prior to upload and is presented as received. (DOW-UAP-PR052, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The footage shows four areas of contrast transiting the frame, then re-focused across multiple apparent cuts, contrast filters, and zoom levels. (DOW-UAP-PR052, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 06:51 to 08:10 the areas of contrast become increasingly indistinct as video quality degrades. (DOW-UAP-PR052, official description as summarised by the mirror)