"Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"
- Date
- Aug 2022
- Place
- EUCOM
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Uploader-titled 'Spherical UAP Erratic movement', assessed by AARO as likely from a US platform in the EUCOM area in August 2022, uploaded to a classified network June 2024. AARO's description explicitly states digital alterations 'significantly influence the area of contrast's apparent performance characteristics' in the first 45 seconds, i.e. AARO itself flags that the uploader's editing, not the object, may be producing the erratic appearance.
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 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. This is one of the few release-2 files where AARO's OWN description explicitly warns that uploader editing (not the object) is driving the apparent 'erratic' performance the title claims, direct evidence the uploader's characterization should not be trusted.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unknown uploader, unverified chain of custody
- Sensors
- Infrared (single sensor), assessed not confirmed
- Motion
- Erratic per uploader title; AARO notes editing affects apparent performance
- Duration
- 3 min 57 sec
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR054, "Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"
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What the file claims
- Unverified
AARO's own video description states that digital alterations to the footage significantly influence the area of contrast's apparent performance characteristics, directly undercutting the uploader's 'erratic movement' framing as evidence of the object's actual behavior.
On the map
50.00° N, 20.00° E, plotted at the theatre of operations named in the file
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