DISCLOSURE / FILE
An AARO-released Department of War record describing a 4-minute 50-second infrared full-motion video, titled by its uploader "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2," likely captured by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area in 2021.
DOW-UAP-PR060, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2"
An AARO-released Department of War record describing a 4-minute 50-second infrared full-motion video, titled by its uploader "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2," likely captured by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area in 2021.
This is one of a collection of UAP-related records AARO identified after eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records on March 6, 2026. AARO assesses the video is likely derived from a full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2021, and that a user uploaded it to a classified network in June 2024. The 00:04:50 video shows an area of contrast transiting the sensor field-of-view as the sensor pans and zooms to track it. AARO notes many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody, and that the video description should not be read as any analytical judgment or conclusion about the event's validity or nature.