UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 01 · MAY 8, 2026
PENTAGON UFO FILE · VIDEO · DOW-UAP-PR028Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, January 2024
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This is one of the more detailed reports in the first PURSUE release. Central Command sent AARO just over a minute of video, recorded in January 2024 over or near Greece with several sensor types aboard a U.S. military platform. According to the mission report AARO cites, the observer called the object “diamond-shaped,” put its speed at about 434 knots, a knot being one nautical mile per hour, and said it could be detected only with a short-wave infrared, or SWIR, sensor.
What the video shows
For the first ten seconds the screen is split: SWIR on the left, an ordinary electro-optical camera on the right. AARO places the first sign of the object at four seconds in the middle of the right-hand frame. At ten seconds the display switches to full-screen SWIR. By 55 seconds the shape resembles an upside-down teardrop with a vertical, trailing mass hanging beneath it.
At 56 seconds the operator changes to visible light and the object is lost against the background; switching back to SWIR in its “black-hot” display setting, a polarity option that renders hotter or brighter returns as dark, fails to find it again.
Points to note
SWIR picks up reflected light at wavelengths just beyond what the eye can see and can show things a normal camera misses, which fits the observer’s claim, though AARO draws no conclusion. The cross-reference is confusing: the report is cited as “DoW-UAP-D7,” but the file numbered DOW-UAP-D007 in this collection describes a balloon-like object over the Arabian Gulf. Greece also lies in European Command’s area rather than Central Command’s, and the record does not explain why CENTCOM submitted it.
The official description
From war.gov/UFO, released May 8, 2026, quoted in full
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and five seconds of video footage captured via multiple sensor modalities aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D7, described the UAP as “diamond-shaped” and moving at approximately 434 knots. The observer also reported that the UAP was only detectable via short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensor.
Video Description: The screen is split into two viewing areas for the first ten seconds of the video, with the right side displaying electro-optical footage and the left side displaying SWIR footage. 00:04: An area of contrast becomes distinguishable against the background in the center of the right frame. 00:10: The display shifts to a full-screen view of the SWIR feed to better focus on the area of contrast. 00:55: The area of contrast remains generally within the center of the sensor field-of-view. The area of contrast visually resembles an inverted teardrop with a vertically linear trailing mass suspended below. 00:56: The operator switches the sensor modality to visible spectrum, losing the subject against the background. 00:57-01:05: The operator switches the sensor modality to SWIR (Black-Hot) but does not reacquire the area of contrast.
This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.