PURSUE archive · catalogue card
DOW-UAP-PR045
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
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- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- The catalogue gives no date.
- Place
- Southern United StatesAs the catalogue writes it: “Southern United States”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 Department of the Air Force submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 58 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:
00:00-00:03: The sensor tracks an area of contrast acquiring a reticle lock.
00:04-00:30: The area of contrast gradually increases in distinctiveness against the background.
00:31: The sensor narrows its field-of-view to zoom in on the area of contrast.
00:32-00:56: The area of contrast increases in apparent size and distinctiveness.
00:57-00:58: The area of contrast leaves the center of the frame and passes out of the sensor field-of-view, exiting the scene in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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.
AARO comment
The area of contrast’s apparent increase in size is likely to be at least partially attributable to the U.S. platform closing the distance between itself and the source of the detection.
02 Catalogue records · 1
DOW-UAP-PR045 · Video · Department of War · May 8, 2026
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
Southern United States
03 Catalogue discrepancies
Errors or inconsistencies in the catalogue itself, noted as they appear. They do not change what the documents say.
- DOW-UAP-PR045: the title says “Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020”, but the video title says “Unresolved UAP Report, Southern United States, 2020”.
04 Sources
- [1]
Record · U.S. Department of War
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
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