"Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 0"
- Date
- 12 Apr 2021
- Place
- CENTCOM
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Part of the same same-day, same-uploader cluster as PR060/PR062/PR063 ('vid 0' in the sequence), titled 'Spherical UAP'. AARO assesses it is likely from an FMV camera and infrared sensor on a US CENTCOM platform in 2021. The described content begins abruptly at the 3-minute mark (no content described 00:00-03:01), tracking an object entering from the upper right and exiting bottom right before the sensor changes modes.
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
- Yes: 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. Same same-day cluster as PR060/PR062/PR063; described content is confined to a small fraction of the runtime, with the object becoming indistinct against the background as the sensor changes modes.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unknown uploader, unverified chain of custody
- Sensors
- FMV camera and infrared (same platform, not independent)
- Shape
- Uploader claims spherical; not independently confirmed
- Motion
- Enters upper right, exits bottom right, then indistinct against background
- Duration
- 4 min 46 sec, described content only from ~3:02
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR061, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 0"
Open the original on dvidshub.net
On the map
28.00° N, 55.00° E, plotted at the theatre of operations named in the file
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