An Army sensor tracks two infrared contrasts (North America, 2026)
This is the most recent incident in Release 01 and the only Army submission. The Department of the Army sent AARO 1 min 49 s of infrared video from a U.S. military platform recorded in 2026. At 00:09 the sensor leaves an initial area of interest and pans right to left to follow two areas of contrast. From 01:04 to 01:08 rapid zoom cycling makes them appear to grow and shrink, and the sensor keeps tracking them to the end. 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)
- 2026Department of the Army (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor datainfrared video DOW-UAP-PR49 released by the Department of War DOW-UAP-PR49 (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. The Army submitted it; 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
- The submission consists of 1 minute 49 seconds of infrared sensor video recorded aboard a U.S. military platform in 2026. (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporting service was the Department of the Army; the recipient was the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 00:09 to 00:16 the sensor disengages from an initial area of interest and pans right to left to track two areas of contrast. (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 01:04 to 01:08 the sensor field-of-view rapidly cycles between zoom levels, causing the contrast areas to appear to rapidly grow and shrink. (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- From 01:09 to 01:48 the sensor tracks the two contrast areas while intermittently cycling between contrast settings. (DOW-UAP-PR49, official description as summarised by the mirror)