PURSUE archive · catalogue card
DOW-UAP-PR041
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
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- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- The catalogue gives no date.
- Place
- Arabian GulfAs the catalogue writes it: “Arabian Gulf”See the area on the globe →
- Published in PURSUE
- May 8, 2026
- Records
- 1 record · Video
- Redactions
- Redacted passages in 1 of 1 records
01 Official description
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 34 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.
Video Description:
00:01: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom third of the left side of the screen.
00:02-01:34: The sensor pans from left to right, tracking the area of contrast and keeping it generally centered within the field-of-view.
This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
02 Catalogue records · 1
DOW-UAP-PR041 · Video · Department of War · May 8, 2026
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
Arabian Gulf
03 Catalogue discrepancies
Errors or inconsistencies in the catalogue itself, noted as they appear. They do not change what the documents say.
- DOW-UAP-PR041: the title says “Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020”, but the video title says “Unresolved UAP Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020”.
04 Related cases
Other catalogue cards from the same area or the same decade.
05 Sources
- [1]
Record · U.S. Department of War
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
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