Disclosed

"UAP USO Formation [CALLSIGN] (Mission)"

Date
Date unknown
Record
Pentagon file
Assessment
Not assessed
Evidence strength
467 case pages by decade; this one falls in Undated with 20 othersAll cases

What was reported

Uploader-titled 'UAP USO Formation' (USO = unidentified submerged object), assessed by AARO as likely from an infrared sensor on a US platform, uploaded to a classified network June 2024, with no location or date recoverable. The 8-minute-16-second file is digitally altered with multiple apparent cuts, contrast filters, and zoom changes, and video quality degrades over time; the description notes the video may cut back to an earlier portion near the end.

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 Release 2 (unlike release 1's aircrew-submitted MISREP-paired videos): these files were found by AARO on a classified network after 8 House members requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records on 6 March 2026; AARO states many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. Uploader-supplied titles (often dramatic: 'instant acceleration', 'Cigar Shaped', 'erratic movement') are distinct from and not confirmed by AARO's own neutral video description. No date or location recoverable at all, heavy editing with likely repeated/looped segments, and video quality that degrades over time, poor evidentiary quality independent of the uploader's 'USO Formation' framing.

As described in the file

Witnesses
Unknown uploader, unverified chain of custody
Sensors
Infrared (single sensor), assessed not confirmed
Motion
Four areas of contrast, multiple apparent video cuts
Duration
8 min 16 sec, heavily edited

Pentagon files

1

What the file claims

1
  • Unverified

    The video appears to cut multiple times and possibly loop back to an earlier segment near its end, which the official description flags explicitly rather than treating the footage as one continuous observation.