DISCLOSURE / FILECoast Guard HC-144 Two UAP Contacts Tyndall 2024
DOW-UAP-PR066, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"
A 48-second infrared video, uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 under the uploader-defined title 'USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024,' shows two discrete contrast anomalies that the sensor fails to track, assessed by AARO as likely originating from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Coast Guard platform operating in the Southeastern United States.
Brief
AARO released this footage in response to a March 6, 2026 congressional request by eight House members seeking access to 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The video is assessed as likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Coast Guard C-144 aircraft in the Southeastern United States on April 24, 2024, and shows two separate appearances of an untracked contrast area — at 00:09–00:15 and again at 00:33–00:48 — with the sensor unable to maintain track on either contact. AARO explicitly notes the video lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and characterizes the frame-by-frame description as informational, not analytical.
Metadata
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- 5/22/26
- Incident
- 2024
- Location
- Southeastern United States
- Type
- VIDEO • .mp4
- Length
- 0:49
- Classification
- UNCLASSIFIED
- Programs
- AARO
- Tags
- tic-tac, infrared, southeastern United States, 2024, USCG C-144, Tyndall, classified-network-upload, area of contrast, sensor-track-failure
Key points
- Eight House members submitted a records request on March 6, 2026, for 51 potentially UAP-related items from DoW and the Intelligence Community; this video is among the responsive materials AARO identified on a classified network.
- AARO assessed the footage as likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Coast Guard platform operating in the Southeastern United States in 2024 — the platform type consistent with a CASA C-144 maritime patrol aircraft.
- The video was uploaded to a classified network by an unnamed user in June 2024 and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody per AARO's own characterization.
- The uploader-defined title contains the phrase 'TIC TAC,' a shape descriptor; AARO makes no formal shape determination and treats the title as user-supplied metadata only.
- First contact (00:09–00:15): a contrast area enters upper-right and exits left without the sensor panning to track it. Second contact (00:33–00:48): a contrast area enters lower-right, exits lower-left; the sensor pans left but fails to maintain track.
- AARO explicitly disclaims any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.
Most interesting
- The 'TIC TAC' label in the title originates with the person who uploaded the footage to the classified network, not with any official analytical body — AARO reproduces it without endorsing it.
- The sensor fails to track the anomaly on both of its appearances in the 48-second clip, suggesting the object's angular rate exceeded the sensor's slew capability or moved in an unanticipated direction.
- A C-144 is the military designation for the CASA CN-235, the Coast Guard's fixed-wing maritime patrol aircraft — a platform oriented toward law enforcement and search-and-rescue, not a dedicated intelligence or surveillance asset.
- The two contact events are separated by roughly 17 seconds of inactive frame, raising the question of whether the same object re-entered the field of view or a second distinct object appeared.
- Congressional pressure — specifically a joint eight-member House request — is the documented trigger for this disclosure, illustrating how oversight mechanisms are driving the current release tranche.