Disclosed

"Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"

Date
Aug 2022
Place
EUCOM
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

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

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. 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

1

What the file claims

1
  • 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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