r/UFOs
/u/Rare-Pomegranate-838
New UAP drop: “Cold orbs” filmed from an AC-130J over the Gulf of Oman (2021)
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
30s
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 9bb26cbc-643c-4605-b3ec-ceb04bca7b1a.
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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
Gulf of Oman is too broad to support reliable weather, sunlight-window, airport, or nearby-infrastructure correlations.
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Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Sep 8, 2021, 12:00 AM
Location
Gulf of Oman
Duration
30s
Witness account
Narrative
30 seconds of infrared footage taken on September 8, 2021 over the Gulf of Oman. It was recorded by U.S. Special Operations Forces aboard an AC-130J Gunship. Important caveat from the official description: this is a secondary capture — someone filmed the infrared sensor display with a cellphone. It’s not the original primary sensor data, so the quality is limited and you can expect the usual screen-recording artifacts (blurring, flickering, etc.). The footage is part of a set of six contempor...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Gulf of Oman.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Tracked inside the Release 05 Records Detail a 2021 AC-130J UAP Encounter Over the Gulf of Oman signal.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.