"Spherical UAP erratic movement": a EUCOM clip whose apparent performance AARO says was distorted by digital alteration (August 2022)
This is a 3 min 57 s infrared clip from a U.S. military platform in the EUCOM area, August 2022, uploaded in June 2024. The uploader titled it "Spherical UAP Erratic movement". AARO's description says the footage was digitally altered before upload, and that in the first 45 seconds the "digital alterations significantly influence its apparent performance characteristics". After a cut at 00:46, the sensor tracks a contrast that drifts in and out of frame. *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)
- Aug 2022U.S. military sensor (released by AARO)sensor data3 min 57 s infrared video DOW-UAP-PR054
How plausible · Moderate
Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. AARO says digital alteration distorts its apparent performance.
- ●●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.
- −Contradicted by an insider AARO: alterations "significantly influence" the apparent performance in the first 45 seconds.
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 in the EUCOM area of responsibility in August 2022. (DOW-UAP-PR054, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024; its uploader-defined title is "Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022." (DOW-UAP-PR054, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The video runs 00:03:57 and was digitally altered prior to upload, presented as received. (DOW-UAP-PR054, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- In the 00:00-00:45 segment, the sensor pans to track a central area of contrast, and digital alterations significantly influence its apparent performance characteristics. (DOW-UAP-PR054, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- At 00:46 the video appears to cut and refocus on a central area of contrast that intermittently passes in and out of frame as the sensor tracks it. (DOW-UAP-PR054, official description as summarised by the mirror)