Summary
U.S. Central Command provided AARO with a five-minute, 11-second infrared video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon recorded by a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter gave no oral or written description, and the footage contains incidental audio unrelated to the visual content.
Detail
This PURSUE-declassified record contains five minutes and 11 seconds of infrared sensor footage submitted by U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The video was captured by a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, with no description provided by the reporter. The footage includes incidentally recorded audio that does not relate to the visual content.
After an initial period of no content, the sensor pans to focus on an area of contrast and tracks it for roughly three minutes, cycling through contrast and zoom settings that appear as brief white flashes. The sensor cycles through reticles of various sizes before zooming out, eventually stopping its track as the object exits the top-left of the screen. The Department of War supplied the description for information only.
