Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023
- Date
- 2023
- Place
- Middle East
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
30 seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform over the Middle East (CENTCOM submission, 2023). The sensor tracks an area of contrast that is repeatedly occluded by a component of the observing platform passing in front of the sensor. No accompanying report, witness statement, 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, and the sensor's own airframe repeatedly blocks the view of the tracked contrast, reducing rather than adding evidentiary value.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Not named; military sensor operator, no direct quote
- Sensors
- Infrared
- Motion
- Tracked while partially occluded by the platform's own structure
- Duration
- 30 seconds
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR136, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The sensor's own view of the tracked area of contrast is repeatedly obscured by a component of the observing aircraft passing in front of it.
On the map
29.00° N, 45.00° E, plotted at the centre of the region named in the record
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