UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 02 · MAY 22, 2026
PENTAGON UFO FILE · VIDEO · DOW-UAP-PR059NAG UAP 1 Jun 20
This is a sustained tracking clip. AARO places it in U.S. Central Command’s area in 2020 and thinks an infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform recorded it. The title gives a date of 1 June 2020; “NAG” is not explained in the release; in U.S. Navy usage the letters often stand for the Northern Arabian Gulf, but the record does not confirm that reading. The clip was posted on a classified network in June 2024 and gathered in AARO’s search for records named by House members in March 2026. It is not marked as digitally altered.
How the operator kept hold
Within the first few seconds a patch of contrast appears and the operator zooms and pans to keep it in view. From about 00:37 the sensor follows it with a reticle — the box a tracking system draws around what it is following — for three minutes. At 03:38 the target slips out at the lower left of the frame. The operator then widens the view, finds it again and zooms back in, and for the last quarter-minute keeps adjusting the zoom to hold it in frame.
What the record leaves out
The description gives no altitude, speed, heading or size, and it does not say what the target looked like beyond being an area of contrast. Long, steady tracks like this one are the kind of footage analysts can sometimes match to aircraft or balloons once flight data are known, but the release says nothing about any such check. AARO’s text is a description only. More on infrared footage is under FLIR; other clips are at videos.
The official description
From war.gov/UFO, released May 22, 2026, quoted in full
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “NAG UAP 1 Jun 20,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.
Video Duration: 00:04:51 Video Description: 00:02-00:36: An area of contrast appears in the sensor field-of-view. The sensor zooms and pans to keep the area of contrast in the field-of-view. 00:37-03:37: The sensor continues to pan to track the area of contrast, highlighting it with a reticle. 03:38: The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view, leaving the frame in the bottom left quarter of the screen. 03:39-04:35: The sensor zooms out, pans to track the area of contrast, and zooms in to keep the area of contrast in the field-of-view. 04:36-04:51: The sensor cycles zoom levels to keep the area of contrast within the sensor field-of-view.
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.