"Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020"
- Date
- 23 Nov 2020
- Place
- CENTCOM (Afghanistan per uploader title)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Uploader-titled 'Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds', assessed by AARO as likely from a US platform in CENTCOM on 23 November 2020, uploaded to a classified network June 2024. The 47-second file carries uploader title cards announcing 'zoomed in', a described processing chain ('sharpened, zoomed, motion tracked, contrast enhanced, slowed to 60% speed'), and a labeled 'original video' segment, i.e. both a processed and an original version are included.
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. Both processed and unaltered segments are present, which is useful for comparison, but the unaltered segment itself (per the neutral description) shows only an indistinct area of contrast losing distinctiveness against the background twice, not a resolved spherical object moving through clouds.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unknown uploader, unverified chain of custody
- Sensors
- Infrared (single sensor), assessed not confirmed
- Motion
- Transits and loses distinctiveness against background, twice (processed and original versions)
- Duration
- 47 seconds, includes both processed and original segments
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR055, "Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020"
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The uploader included both a heavily processed version and an unaltered 'original video' segment in the same file, allowing direct comparison of the two.
On the map
34.00° N, 66.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country
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