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DOW-UAP-PR41, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
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 34 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description: 00:01: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the bottom third of the left side of the screen. 00:02-01:34: The sensor pans from left to right, tracking the area of contrast and keeping it generally centered within the field-of-view. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
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Unknown
Duration
1 min 34 sec
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Arabian Gulf is too broad to support reliable weather, sunlight-window, airport, or nearby-infrastructure correlations.
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Occurred
2020
Location
Arabian Gulf
Duration
1 min 34 sec
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Source claims
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 34 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020.
The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.
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Witnesses place the encounter near Arabian Gulf.
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Grouped into the Unresolved UAP Report Middle East 2013 incident dossier.
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