DISCLOSURE / FILE
An AARO release of a Department of War infrared video, uploader-titled "03 January 2021 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) observes UAP," assessed as likely captured by a U.S. military sensor over CENTCOM in January 2021.
DOW-UAP-PR076, "03 January 2021 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) observes UAP"
An AARO release of a Department of War infrared video, uploader-titled "03 January 2021 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) observes UAP," assessed as likely captured by a U.S. military sensor over CENTCOM in January 2021.
This is one of 51 potentially UAP-related records eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to on March 6, 2026, located by AARO on a classified network. The file is a 4-minute-57-second infrared video that AARO assesses is likely derived from a sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in January 2021, uploaded to a classified network that same month. Per AARO, many of the responsive materials, including this one, lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. The provided video description notes an area of contrast appearing near frame center at 01:52, the sensor panning to track and then zooming in before the object exits the bottom-left of the frame at 02:55.