Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Place
- Eastern United States
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
1 minute of infrared video from a U.S. military platform (NORTHCOM submission, 2020). Several small areas of contrast enter and leave frame as the sensor pans; one is auto-tracked briefly, then the sensor zooms out and the display flickers between modes. No accompanying report or AARO Comment.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
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
- Yes: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- Yes: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- No: 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 Single sensor, no report, multiple undifferentiated contrast blobs consistent with routine clutter (birds, debris, background objects) picked up while panning; no unusual performance described.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Not named; military IR sensor operator, no direct quote
- Sensors
- Infrared
- Motion
- Multiple contrast areas transit the field of view as the sensor pans
- Duration
- 1 minute
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR111, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The video shows several distinct areas of contrast entering and leaving the sensor field of view as it pans, not one continuously tracked object.
On the map
39.00° N, 78.00° W, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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