Several UAP encountered near Columbus, Ohio (November 2022)
This is a 1 min 28 s infrared clip attached to IIR 1 655 S0053 23, "Several Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Encountered In The Vicinity of Columbus OH", and uploaded in March 2023. The sensor tracks a small contrast while cycling contrast modes and zoom. A second contrast enters around 00:42 and is hidden by a redacted part of the sensor display. *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 (2)
- Nov 2022U.S. military sensor (released by AARO)sensor data1 min 28 s infrared video with a second contrast entering DOW-UAP-PR073
- Mar 2023U.S. intelligencedocumentIIR 1 655 S0053 23 titled 'Several Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Encountered In The Vicinity of Columbus OH' DOW-UAP-PR073 (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 U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility in November 2022. (DOW-UAP-PR073, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in March 2023. (DOW-UAP-PR073, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The video runs 00:01:28, with the sensor cycling contrast modes and zoom levels while tracking a small area of contrast. (DOW-UAP-PR073, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A second area of contrast enters the frame around 00:42 and transits the field-of-view before being obscured by a redacted visual element of the sensor display. (DOW-UAP-PR073, official description as summarised by the mirror)