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AARO-DOD_110982722 — Unresolved UAP Report: Middle East 2023

File
AARO-DOD_110982722
Agency
AARO / DVIDS
Incident date
2023
Location
Middle East
File type
VIDEO
Length
8:15

This video is provided for informational purposes only. Viewers should not interpret any part of the video description below as reflecting an analytic judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance. Viewers should not interpret the absence of a formal assessment as suggestive of anomalous characteristics.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office received a report from a U.S. military Service consisting of eight minutes and fifteen seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. The recording, captured in the Middle East in 2023, depicts an apparent thermal contrast within the sensor’s field of view. The area of apparent contrast exhibited characteristics that may be consistent with the presence of a physical object. However, due to the absence of corroborating telemetry or multi-modal sensor data, AARO cannot determine whether the observed signature represents a sensor artifact or a thermal emission or reflection from a physical source. The available data does not support a conclusive analytic evaluation.

Key moments

AI-generated from video frames · may be inaccurate

  • 0:00 Wide infrared view toward the horizon under banded cloud, with a magenta crosshair; black redaction boxes cover the screen text.
  • 0:59 The picture breaks up into green and grey blocks for about 15 s, then clears.
  • 1:19 After a white flash the view narrows to plain grey; a tiny white dot wanders around the frame as the sensor slews.
  • 2:49 A magenta box grows out from the crosshair; the dot sits inside it, lower right, then drifts out to the right.
  • 3:43 A small bracket gate closes around the dot, and the sensor holds it just left of the crosshair.
  • 4:25 The dot slides onto the crosshair centre; the background turns lighter from 4:28 to 4:33.
  • 4:35 Green and grey blocks break up the picture again; the bright spot stays on the crosshair.
  • 4:43 The view zooms in (corner marks vanish) as the background flashes light: the spot is now larger, with a soft glow.
  • 5:44 The view widens again (corner marks return) and the spot shrinks to a faint dot on the crosshair.
  • 5:52 Background turns pale grey with the faint dot on the crosshair; from 6:48 it darkens and the dot dims to grey.
  • 7:42 A small black redaction box sits just right of the crosshair for about 10 s.
  • 8:11 The crosshair markings change, a dark frame flickers, and the clip ends on darker grey with a cloud edge at the bottom.

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TL;DR

At 8 minutes 15 seconds, even the video can’t finish its own story.

  • AARO video file ‘Unresolved UAP Report: Middle East 2023’, 8 min 15 sec, infrared sensor, 2023, Middle East.
  • Shows thermal contrast and moving light spots across four sensor quadrants, without corroborating telemetry.
  • No official conclusion in the file

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Same topic: title & summary match

Same location: Middle East

Same period: 2023

Same agency: AARO