A contrast crosses and is tracked (8 August 2020)
This is a 4 min 52 s infrared clip uploaded in August 2020. A contrast crosses the bottom of the frame at 00:48-00:53, and the sensor then pans, tracks and zooms on it. The 482 ATKS mission report DOW-UAP-D60 logs one UAP "transitting" on FMV at 0726Z on 8 August 2020 over the Persian Gulf. The release does not link the two. *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 2020CENTCOM area platform (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor datainfrared video DOW-UAP-PR092 released by the Department of War DOW-UAP-PR092 (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 in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. (DOW-UAP-PR092, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- A user uploaded the video to a classified network in August 2020; total runtime is 00:04:52. (DOW-UAP-PR092, official description as summarised by the mirror)An ISR crew records one UAP "transitting" over the Persian Gulf (8 August 2020)
- An area of contrast enters the field-of-view from the lower right at 00:48 and exits lower left at 00:53; the sensor then pans, tracks, and zooms on it. (DOW-UAP-PR092, official description as summarised by the mirror)