DISCLOSURE / FILEEUCOM Spherical Object Erratic Movement August 2022
DOW-UAP-PR054, "Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"
A 3:57 infrared sensor video of a spherical UAP exhibiting erratic movement over the EUCOM area of responsibility in August 2022, released by AARO following a congressional records request but flagged as digitally altered prior to its classified-network upload.
Brief
AARO released this video in response to a March 6, 2026 request by eight House members for access to 51 UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. AARO assesses the footage likely derives from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the European Command area of responsibility in August 2022, though many materials in the responsive collection lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. The video was digitally altered before a user uploaded it to a classified network in June 2024, and AARO explicitly states those alterations significantly influence the object's apparent performance characteristics. No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's nature or significance accompanies the release.
Metadata
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- 5/22/26
- Incident
- 2022
- Location
- EUCOM
- Type
- VIDEO • .mp4
- Length
- 3:57
- Programs
- AARO
- Tags
- spherical, infrared, EUCOM, 2022, erratic movement, digitally altered, classified network upload
Key points
- Eight U.S. House members filed a formal request on March 6, 2026 for access to 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.
- AARO assessed the video likely originates from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the EUCOM area of responsibility in August 2022.
- The video was digitally altered prior to its upload to a classified network in June 2024; AARO states those alterations significantly influence the apparent performance characteristics of the tracked object.
- Many materials in the AARO-identified responsive collection lack a substantiated chain-of-custody, making independent provenance verification impossible.
- The 3:57 video contains two segments: 00:00-00:45 shows a sensor panning to track a centered area of contrast; 00:46-03:57 shows an apparent cut with the object intermittently passing in and out of frame.
- AARO explicitly declined to interpret any part of its video description as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.
Most interesting
- The video's title — 'Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022' — was defined by the user who uploaded it to the classified network, not by AARO or any official analytical body, leaving the 'erratic movement' characterization unvalidated by the releasing agency.
- Digital alterations predate the June 2024 classified-network upload, meaning the chain of provenance between the original sensor capture and the released file is broken at an unknown point before it ever entered official custody.
- AARO's caution that alterations 'significantly influence the area of contrast's apparent performance characteristics' is a direct warning that the object's speed, trajectory, and maneuverability cannot be reliably assessed from this footage — the central performance data is compromised.
- The congressional access request that triggered this release cited 51 potentially UAP-related records; this file is one entry in a broader, still-partially-unresolved disclosure portfolio with no published resolution timeline.
- AARO made no determination about whether the phenomenon is anomalous, mundane, foreign, or natural — the release functions as an evidentiary floor, not an analytical conclusion.