DISCLOSURE / FILE
An AARO-released Department of War record describing a 46-second infrared video, titled by its uploader as a USAF Air National Guard F-16C shooting down a UAP over Lake Huron on 12 Feb 2023, recovered from a classified network with no substantiated chain-of-custody.
DOW-UAP-PR071, "USAF ANG F-16C (callsign [CALLSIGN]) Shoots Down UAP over Lake Huron with [Weapon System], 12 Feb 2023"
An AARO-released Department of War record describing a 46-second infrared video, titled by its uploader as a USAF Air National Guard F-16C shooting down a UAP over Lake Huron on 12 Feb 2023, recovered from a classified network with no substantiated chain-of-custody.
On March 6, 2026, eight U.S. House members requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records reportedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community, and AARO identified responsive materials on a classified network, many lacking a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses this 00:00:46 video, whose uploader-defined title references a USAF ANG F-16C shooting down a UAP over Lake Huron with a weapon system on 12 Feb 2023, is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility in 2023. The file states a user uploaded the video to a classified network in February 2023; the provided description notes a kinetic interaction at the 20-second mark, with the initial subject fragmenting in a radial displacement pattern. AARO explicitly cautions that its video description is informational only and should not be read as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event.