Unresolved UAP Report, Atlantic Ocean, 2016
- Date
- 2016
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
39 seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform over the Atlantic Ocean (NORTHCOM submission, 2016). The sensor zooms and pans to track an area of contrast, switches modes, loses track (object exits frame), then a new area of contrast enters from the same side. 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 or witness statement; the sequential entry/exit at the same frame edge is at least as consistent with the sensor losing and reacquiring the same mundane object as with two separate anomalous objects.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Not named; military IR sensor operator, no direct quote
- Sensors
- Infrared
- Motion
- Tracked, then exits frame right; a second area of contrast enters from the right shortly after
- Duration
- 39 seconds
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR114, Unresolved UAP Report, Atlantic Ocean, 2016
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The sensor tracks one area of contrast that exits the frame, followed immediately by a second area of contrast entering from the same edge.
On the map
30.00° N, 45.00° W, a position at sea, approximate
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