DISCLOSURE / FILEHH11 July 2018 Two Objects Resolve Into Three
DOW-UAP-PR096, "HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs"
AARO-assessed 79-second infrared video uploaded to a classified network in July 2020, depicting multiple unidentified areas of contrast in the CENTCOM area of responsibility on or around July 3, 2018.
Brief
The Department of War released a video titled 'HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs' that AARO assesses was likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The footage shows two objects entering the lower right of the frame, with the sensor panning and zooming to track them; after the zoom, one of the original two objects leaves frame and the remaining object resolves into three distinct areas of contrast arranged in a roughly straight line before the rightmost separates from the other two. AARO notes the material lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and that the video was uploaded to a classified network in July 2020 by an unidentified user. The release was triggered by a March 6, 2026 request from eight House members seeking access to 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.
Metadata
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- 5/22/26
- Incident
- 2018
- Location
- CENTCOM
- Type
- VIDEO • .mp4
- Length
- 1:19
- Programs
- AARO
- Tags
- infrared, CENTCOM, 2018, multiple-objects, formation, sensor-zoom, classified-network-upload, military-platform
Key points
- Eight members of the House requested access on March 6, 2026 to 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.
- AARO found the responsive materials on a classified network; many in this collection 'lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.'
- AARO assesses the video was 'likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform' in the CENTCOM AOR in 2018.
- The video's uploader-defined title is 'HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs'; an unidentified user uploaded it to a classified network in July 2020.
- At zoom-in (00:30-00:47), what appeared as two objects resolves into three distinct areas of contrast in a generally straight line, with one of the original objects no longer visible in frame.
- Between 00:47-00:58, the rightmost area of contrast increases its distance from the center and left areas, while the center and left remain at roughly fixed distance from each other.
- AARO explicitly disclaims that the video description reflects any 'analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event's validity, nature, or significance.'
Most interesting
- The title 'HH11' is uploader-defined — AARO has no attribution for who originally recorded or labeled the footage.
- What enters the frame as two distinct objects resolves, after sensor zoom, into three distinct areas of contrast arranged in a line — an apparent multiplication of detectable returns under magnification.
- The rightmost object then separates from the center-left pair, suggesting either differential velocity or that one element of the formation moves independently of the others.
- The video was uploaded to a classified network two years after the incident date, introducing a provenance gap AARO cannot currently close.
- This single video is one of 51 records flagged as potentially UAP-related that Congress requested in March 2026, implying a much larger undisclosed corpus within DoW and IC systems.
- The first 12 seconds of the footage contain no content — the observable event spans roughly 67 seconds of the 79-second runtime.