Summary
This full-motion video is assessed to have come from a camera aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the U.S. Central Command region in 2020. After an initial period of no content, an area of contrast rises into view and the sensor pans and zooms to keep it centered for several minutes before it exits the lower left of the frame. The file was uploaded to a classified network in September 2020 and released through the PURSUE declassification.
Detail
This Department of War video was identified by AARO among materials requested by U.S. House of Representatives members in March 2026. AARO assesses the footage likely came from a full-motion video camera aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2020, uploaded to a classified network in September 2020. The clip runs about four minutes and 44 seconds.
The first minute or so shows no content. An area of contrast then enters at the bottom of the screen and moves upward as the sensor pans and zooms to hold it centered; the sensor continues to zoom in over the following minutes before the object leaves the field of view at the lower left. AARO states the description is informational only, and the record was released through the PURSUE declassification.
