Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Place
- Arabian Gulf
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Five minutes 11 seconds of infrared video from 2020, with no oral or written description from the original reporter, and with incidentally recorded audio the description notes is unrelated to the visual content. The sensor tracks an area of contrast for roughly 3 minutes, cycling reticle sizes and zoom/contrast settings, before losing it near the top left of frame.
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
- No: 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 infrared sensor, brief clip, and the reporter 'did not provide any oral or written description of the observation', the file consists only of AARO's own neutral, generic 'area of contrast' description with no shape, speed, altitude or witness assessment.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unstated; reporter provided no description
- Sensors
- Infrared (single sensor)
- Motion
- Tracked centrally for ~3 minutes, then lost
- Duration
- 5 min 11 sec (longest single-object track in the batch)
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR044, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The video contains incidentally recorded audio that the official description explicitly states is unrelated to the visual content, i.e. not evidence about the object.
On the map
27.00° N, 51.50° E, a position at sea, approximate
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