"Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 1"
- 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/PR061/PR063 ('vid 1' in the sequence), titled 'Spherical UAP', uploaded to a classified network in May 2024 (a month earlier than the others in the cluster). AARO assesses it is likely from an FMV camera and infrared sensor on a US CENTCOM platform in 2021. The sensor pans and cycles zoom levels for the full duration, keeping the object generally centered.
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/PR061/PR063 but uploaded a month earlier than its companions, which the blurb itself notes; generic tracked contrast area with no described exceptional performance.
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
- Tracked centrally for full duration, sensor cycling zoom
- Duration
- 4 min 49 sec
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR062, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 1"
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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