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AARO-DOD_109584439 — South Asian Object 2

File
AARO-DOD_109584439
Agency
AARO / DVIDS
Incident date
2023
File type
VIDEO
Length
2:10

Topics: Congress & hearings

In an open hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 19, Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), shared videos depicting an unidentified object with an apparent atmospheric wake or cavitation trailing it as it moved across the sensor’s field of view from left to right. An MQ-9 forward-looking infrared video sensor captured this footage in South Asia as it was recording another MQ-9. After analysis of the full motion video, inclusion of additional footage with a longer focal length, and analysis of commercial flight data in the region, AARO assesses that the object likely is a commercial aircraft and that the trailing cavitation is a sensor artifact resultant of video compression. Case resolution is pending final review. This video is the additional footage with a longer focal length. The apparent back and forth motion is an artifact of the longer focal length and the sensor attempting to zoom in on the fast moving UAP, rather than the MQ-9.

Key moments

AI-generated from video frames · may be inaccurate

  • 0:05 The crosshair and 'N' remain centered. No objects or changes are visible in or near the crosshair or frame centre.
  • 0:19 The crosshair and sensor overlays remain stationary. A small light source appears at the centre of the crosshair in the top-left frame, then moves slightly left and down, disappearing from view.
  • 0:34 A small dark spot appears near the centre of the top-right frame, moves right and down, and is visible in the top-right and bottom-right frames.
  • 0:40 An object appears in the bottom-right frame, off-centre to the right and below the centre, and is not visible in the other frames.
  • 0:51 An object moves right and down from above centre to below centre, relative to the crosshair, between frames.
  • 1:11 An object appears at frame centre in the top-left frame, moves right and down, remaining in view, with a small bright spot appearing to its left in the bottom-right frame.
  • 1:30 An object is visible, centered in the frame, with a dark center and a halo of contrast; it moves slightly right and down.
  • 1:50 An object appears in frame 2, top-right, below and to the right of the crosshair, and moves down and to the left, passing through the crosshair into frame 4, bottom-right.

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TL;DR

At 2:10, the video's length outpaces the object's alleged speed.

  • South Asian Object 2 video, AARO, recorded 2023, South Asia by MQ-9 sensor.
  • Shows moving object with apparent wake, described as sensor compression artifact.
  • AARO concludes object likely a commercial aircraft; case pending final review.

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Same topic: title & summary match

Same period: 2023

Same agency: AARO