Summary

USCENTCOM submitted a report to AARO consisting of five seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D10, described the observation as a "possible missile" moving across the field-of-view; four other objects not depicted in the video were described as "possible birds." Video Description: At the two second mark, the video depicts an area of contrast moving from left to right across the bottom third of the sensor field-of-view. Released via PURSUE Release 1, May 8, 2026.