Date
2021
Document Type
Video
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
▐ Partially RedactedIssuing Authority
Department of War / U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Summary
Full-motion video released by the Department of War depicting a UAP over Syria in 2021 demonstrating instantaneous acceleration — a kinematic behavior far exceeding known aircraft performance envelopes. The object was reportedly observed on sensor immediately following a weapons targeting lock by U.S. military assets. The instant acceleration event — departing at velocities inconsistent with conventional propulsion — represents one of the most direct official video records of anomalous kinematic behavior in the PURSUE corpus.
Significance
The instant acceleration behavior documented in this video — if confirmed — represents a kinematic signature that cannot be explained by any known conventional aircraft or missile system. The post-weapons-lock context adds a behavioral dimension: the object's response to active targeting is anomalous, suggesting either awareness of the targeting event or coincidental hyper-acceleration. This is the most behaviorally significant of the three Release 2 video records.