Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Date: 2025
Place: Middle East
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 2020s with 169 othersAll cases

What was reported

1 minute 39 seconds of combined electro-optical/infrared video from a U.S. military platform over the Middle East (CENTCOM submission, 2025). The sensor tracks a single area of contrast left-to-right across the frame, switching collection mode and magnification several times. No accompanying report, witness statement, or AARO Comment.

What officials concluded

Unresolved

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency: Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9

No: Visual
Yes: Infrared
No: Radar
No: Video
No: Photo
No: Film
No: Audio
No: Night vision
No: Other sensor

Witnessescount not stated

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

Shapenot stated

No: Light only
No: Orb or sphere
No: Disc
No: Triangle
No: Cylinder
No: Cube
No: Other shape

Effectsnone reported

No: Physiological
No: Physical trace
No: Electromagnetic
No: Sound
No: Silent

Why this rating Single platform (dual-mode EO/IR is one sensor system, not independent corroboration), no report or witness statement, no described shape/speed/size beyond a tracked contrast area.

As described in the file

Witnesses: Not named; military sensor operator, no direct quote
Sensors: Electro-optical, infrared
Motion: Tracked left to right across the background, sensor changes collection mode and magnification repeatedly
Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds

Pentagon files

VideoDOW-UAP-PR134Release 5
DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025
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What the file claims

Unverified
The sensor is described switching between electro-optical and infrared collection modes and magnification levels multiple times while tracking the same area of contrast.

On the map

29.00° N, 45.00° E, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record

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