Unresolved UAP Report, Kuwait, May 2022
- Date
- 2022
- Place
- Iraq
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A CENTCOM-submitted still image from a 2022 U.S. military system, notable because, per the government's own description, the original reporter digitally altered the image by adding a red circle around an area of interest before submitting it to AARO. The accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D012, not in this batch) reportedly described the UAP as moving north to northeast; the operator stated they could not positively identify it. The extracted text file contains only a prepublication-review cover sheet, not the image description itself.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- No: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- Yes: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- Yes: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: Other
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- Yes: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single still image from a single sensor, already acknowledged by the government description to have been digitally altered by the original reporter before submission, which independently undermines its evidentiary value regardless of anomaly content.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- U.S. Central Command reporting operator
- Sensors
- Single military imaging system
- Shape
- Elongated area of contrast, per the image description
- Motion
- Reported to move north to northeast per the accompanying mission report
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR020, still image, Iraq/Kuwait, 2022
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
The original reporter digitally altered the submitted image by adding a red line encircling an area of interest before it reached AARO.
- Unverified
The reporting operator stated they were unable to positively identify the object.
On the map
33.00° N, 44.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country
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