UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 01 · MAY 8, 2026
PENTAGON UFO FILE · VIDEO · DOW-UAP-PR034Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
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This Central Command report from Greece in October 2023 comes with a vivid claim. The linked mission report, DoW-UAP-D33, filed under the Aegean Sea, describes an object flying just above the ocean and making repeated “90-degree turns” at roughly 80 miles per hour. The video that accompanies it is 2 minutes and 57 seconds of infrared footage from a U.S. military platform.
What the sensor recorded
A patch enters from the lower left at four seconds. For several seconds it moves back and forth across the screen while the operator pans to follow, then settles roughly in the center until the one-minute mark. From one minute to just after two minutes the targeting system holds it inside a blue reticle that moves with it, a sign of an automatic lock.
At 2:02 the operator applies a contrast filter to separate it from the background, but 20 seconds later it becomes indistinguishable and the lock drops. The rest of the clip is the sensor cycling rapidly through zoom and contrast settings without finding it.
What can and cannot be said
The record does not tie the side-to-side motion on screen to the turns the operator described, and a panning camera can produce that kind of movement on its own. The speed and maneuvers are the reporter’s estimates. A separate report from the same area that month, DOW-UAP-PR035, also involves a low object over the sea.
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 two minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D33, described the UAP as flying near the surface of the ocean and making multiple “90-degree turns” at approximately 80 miles per hour.
Video Description: 00:04: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom left quarter of the screen. 00:07-00:19: The area of contrast moves back and forth horizontally across the field-of-view as the sensor pans to track it. 00:20-01:00: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 01:00-02:01: The sensor designates the area of contrast with a blue reticle, synchronizing its motion with the area of contrast’s relative position. 02:02-02:21: The sensor engages a contrast filter to better differentiate the area of contrast from the background. 02:22: The area of contrast becomes indistinguishable against the background, and the reticle drops its lock. 02:27-02:57: After losing lock, the sensor rapidly cycles zoom levels and contrast thresholds.
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.