DISCLOSURE / FILENovember 2020 CENTCOM Two-Object Infrared Track Part Two
DOW-UAP-PR078, "2 November 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] Observes and tracks UAP 2 of 2"
A 4-minute 58-second infrared sensor video, uploaded to a classified network in November 2020, capturing a U.S. military platform tracking two sequential areas of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Brief
DOW-UAP-PR078 is an infrared video, likely recorded from a U.S. military platform operating in the United States Central Command area of responsibility in November 2020. The footage shows a sensor locking onto a primary low-contrast anomaly for roughly three minutes and twenty seconds before a second object transits the top-right corner of the frame, at which point the sensor re-cues to track the second object for the remaining duration. AARO surfaced the file in response to a March 6, 2026 request from eight House members seeking access to 51 potentially UAP-related records, and explicitly noted that PR077 and PR078 are distinct videos despite depicting highly similar subject matter. The materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.
Metadata
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- 5/22/26
- Incident
- 2020
- Location
- CENTCOM
- Type
- VIDEO • .mp4
- Length
- 4:59
- Programs
- AARO
- Tags
- infrared, area of contrast, dual-object, CENTCOM, 2020, classified network upload, sensor track
Key points
- AARO assesses the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in November 2020.
- An unidentified user uploaded the video to a classified network in November 2020; the collection broadly lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.
- The video runs 4 minutes 58 seconds and documents two distinct areas of contrast tracked sequentially by the sensor.
- At 03:15-03:17, a second area of contrast transits the top-right corner of the sensor field-of-view, prompting the sensor to re-cue at 03:22.
- Eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives submitted the access request on March 6, 2026, covering 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.
- AARO explicitly states DOW-UAP-PR077 and DOW-UAP-PR078 are not duplicates, though both depict highly similar subject matter.
Most interesting
- The uploader's identity is unknown; AARO describes the provenance only as 'a user uploaded this video to a classified network in November 2020,' with no further chain-of-custody documentation.
- A second object appears briefly at 03:15-03:17 — a window of just two seconds — before the sensor abandons the primary track to follow it for the final 96 seconds of the video.
- AARO's unprompted clarification that PR077 and PR078 are 'not duplicates' implies the files are similar enough to have prompted confusion, yet AARO draws a firm distinction without explaining the difference.
- Both callsigns in the title are fully redacted, leaving the platform type, crew, and unit of origin unknown.
- The relative intensity of the primary area of contrast increases continuously throughout the first 3:21 of footage — a detail AARO notes without analytical interpretation.
- The release is part of a 51-record collection flagged by House members, surfaced on a classified network with no substantiated chain-of-custody — a provenance gap AARO documents but does not resolve.