Disclosed

Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025

Date
2025
Place
Djibouti
Record
Pentagon file
Assessment
Not assessed
Evidence strength
467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 2020s with 169 othersAll cases

What was reported

Two seconds of infrared video submitted by US Africa Command in 2025, with no oral or written description from the original reporter. A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves left to right and exits the bottom right of frame; the released video is looped for viewing purposes.

What officials concluded

No conclusion stated

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency
Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9
  • No: Visual
  • Yes: Infrared
  • No: Radar
  • No: Video
  • No: Photo
  • No: Film
  • No: Audio
  • No: Night vision
  • No: Other sensor
Witnessescount not stated
  • 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
Shapenot stated
  • No: Light only
  • No: Orb or sphere
  • No: Disc
  • No: Triangle
  • No: Cylinder
  • No: Cube
  • No: Other shape
Effectsnone reported
  • No: Physiological
  • No: Physical trace
  • No: Electromagnetic
  • No: Sound
  • No: Silent

Why this rating Shortest clip in the batch (2 seconds, looped for viewing), single sensor, object described as 'small, barely distinguishable', no reporter description, no assessment.

As described in the file

Witnesses
Unstated; reporter provided no description
Sensors
Infrared (single sensor)
Size
Small, barely distinguishable
Motion
Moves left to right, exits bottom right
Duration
2 seconds (looped for viewing)

Pentagon files

1

On the map

11.80° N, 42.60° E, plotted at the centre of the country

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