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Active leadUseful case file with unresolved ambiguity and room for more corroboration.

Footage from the declassified files just released, Middle East, 2013

Unknown2 minOfficial docJan 1, 2013, 12:00 AMMiddle East

Witnesses

Unknown

Duration

2 min

Source material

3

Timeline

2

Source context

Moderate context

62

The report has enough structure and source material to stay in active review.

Source provenance

r/aliens

Live sighting record 155745ec-1d10-4459-accf-8c0423e58fcf.

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Correlations

Field Intelligence

Location precision

Terrestrial weather, solar-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure correlations are suppressed for this regional record.

Context notes

Middle East is too broad to support reliable weather, sunlight-window, airport, or nearby-infrastructure correlations.

Use the official source metadata and media context unless a precise coordinate or specific locality is available.

Extracted details

Observed facts

Occurred

Jan 1, 2013, 12:00 AM

Location

Middle East

Duration

2 min

Witness account

Narrative

Footage is described in the following way: "The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 46 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2013. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. This video depicts an area of contrast resembling an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length."...

Case progression

Timeline

Encounter windowJan 1, 2013, 12:00 AM

Witnesses place the encounter near Middle East.

PublishedMay 8, 2026, 1:04 PM

r/aliens carried the report into the source network.

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Source material

media

Cover image

Open

Visual reference carried with the original report.

source

Original report

Open

Direct source material from r/aliens.

telemetry

Environmental pass

Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.