AARO-DOD_110692805-1920x1080-9000k — Puerto Rico Objects
- File
- AARO-DOD_110692805-1920x1080-9000k
- Agency
- AARO / DVIDS
- Incident date
- 2013
- File type
- VIDEO
- Length
- 3:54
On April 26, 2013, an infrared sensor onboard a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft captured footage of a UAP event over the Rafael Hernandez Airport near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The footage appears to depict a UAP moving at high speed, splitting into two objects, and entering and exiting the water before disappearing into the ocean off Puerto Rico's northwestern coast. AARO assesses with high confidence that the objects did not demonstrate anomalous speeds or flight behaviors. An Intelligence Community partner's reconstruction of the flight path and look angle from the infrared sensor indicates that the video instead depicts two objects traveling near each other rather than a single object splitting into two. This reconstruction also demonstrates that the objects traveled in a straight line at wind speed and did not enter the water at any point.
Key moments
AI-generated from video frames · may be inaccurate
- 0:00 An object appears above a crosshair, moving left and down, exiting the frame. The camera pans left and tilts down, with a small bright spot appearing below centre.
- 0:10 The camera zooms out slightly between frames, and the timestamp changes. No objects or light sources are visible.
- 0:20 An object appears below the crosshair, moving right and down, between top-left and top-right frames, and continues moving right and slightly down through the frames.
- 0:39 An object moves from below centre to right of centre, below the crosshair, between top-right and bottom-right frames.
- 0:57 An object moves from above centre to right of centre, below crosshair, between top-left and top-right frames.
- 1:15 An object moves from below centre to above centre, right of centre, then left of centre, then below centre, relative to the crosshair, between frames.
- 1:33 An object appears below centre, moving left and down, and an area of contrast appears at the top-right, moving right.
- 1:51 An object appears near the centre of the frame, moving left and slightly down, relative to the crosshair, between the first and second frames.
- 2:10 An object is visible at the crosshair centre, moving left and down, and leaving the frame.
- 2:28 An object appears below centre, moving right, and is partially obscured by a black rectangle in the bottom-right frame.
- 2:46 An object moves from below centre to below right, and a light source moves from above centre to above right.
- 3:05 An object appears at bottom-right of frame 4, below centre, moving left and up, leaving the frame.
- 3:11 An object appears below centre in frame 1, moves right and down, and is visible in frames 2-4, near the centre of the crosshair in frame 4.
- 3:24 The crosshair remains centered. A small, bright spot appears below and to the right of the crosshair in frame 2, moves right and down, and exits the frame.
- 3:39 An object appears in the top left of frame 3, moving down and right, out of frame 4.
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TL;DR
The 3‑minute clip proves even cameras can’t split a single object.
- Video titled Puerto Rico Objects, AARO, 3:54, captured 2013 over Rafael Hernandez Airport, Puerto Rico.
- Shows two infrared objects moving near each other, straight line, at wind speed, no water entry.
- AARO finds no anomalous speeds or flight behaviors.