Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2013
- Date
- 2013
- Place
- Middle East
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
One minute 46 seconds of infrared video from 2013, with no oral or written description from the original reporter. The video depicts an area of contrast resembling an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length, moving within frame with a visible trail, across what appears to be an edited cut partway through.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- Yes: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: Other
- Yes: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Blurb-only, single sensor, no reporter description; the star-shaped appearance with a trailing artifact and visible mid-video cut are consistent with a sensor bloom/diffraction pattern and video editing rather than confirmed object geometry, but nothing rules out a genuine tracked target either.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unstated; reporter provided no description
- Sensors
- Infrared (single sensor)
- Shape
- Eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length
- Motion
- Moves within frame, followed by a visible trail
- Duration
- 1 min 46 sec, with an apparent cut partway through
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR038, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2013
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The video description notes an 'apparent cut' partway through the released clip, i.e. the footage is not a single continuous take.
On the map
29.00° N, 45.00° E, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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