UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 04 · JULY 10, 2026
PENTAGON UFO FILE · VIDEO · DOW-UAP-PR030Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023
This brief Central Command video, published in the fourth PURSUE release in July 2026, comes from an infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform in the Middle East in 2023. Of its ten seconds, only about two contain anything. The record quotes no account from the person who filed it, and parts of it are redacted.
The two-second event
The first five seconds are blank. Then, in the sixth and seventh seconds, two patches pass through the field of view at almost the same moment, moving in roughly opposite directions. The first comes in from the bottom right and leaves through the top edge. The second, which AARO describes as relatively smaller, enters from the top and exits through the bottom. The last few seconds are blank again.
What the record allows
Opposite paths on screen do not necessarily mean the objects were moving in opposite directions in the sky; the camera’s own motion, the objects’ distances and the angle of view all shape what appears. The description gives none of those, and nothing about size, range, speed or heat. AARO reaches no conclusion, and the case remains unresolved. “Area of contrast” is AARO’s deliberately neutral phrase for anything that stands out from the background in a sensor image; on an infrared camera that usually means something warmer or cooler than its surroundings.
The official description
From war.gov/UFO, released July 10, 2026, quoted in full
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 10 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023.
Video Description: 00:01-00:05: No content. 00:06-00:07: Two areas of contrast transit the sensor field-of-view. The first enters the field-of-view from the bottom right and exits from the top edge of the frame. The second, relatively smaller area of contrast enters from the top and exits the bottom of the frame. 00:08-00:10: No content.
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.