"AFSOC Kabul UAP Jul 2017"
- Date
- Jul 2017
- Place
- CENTCOM (Kabul, Afghanistan, per uploader title)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Uploader-titled 'AFSOC Kabul UAP Jul 2017', the oldest dated incident tied to a specific unit/location in this batch (release 2 files otherwise mostly withhold precise location). AARO assesses it is likely from an infrared sensor on a US platform in CENTCOM, uploaded to a classified network June 2024. The 17-second clip has content only in its final two seconds: an area of contrast moving across frame from left to right edge.
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. Only 2 of 17 seconds contain any described content; a minimal, undifferentiated area of contrast, with a specific unit (AFSOC) and location (Kabul) claimed only by the uploader's title, not corroborated in AARO's neutral description.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Unknown uploader, unverified chain of custody
- Sensors
- Infrared (single sensor), assessed not confirmed
- Motion
- Moves left to right, exits frame
- Duration
- 17 seconds, content only in final 2 seconds
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR064, "AFSOC Kabul UAP Jul 2017"
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On the map
34.53° N, 69.17° E, plotted at the town or city
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