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DOW-UAP-PR041, 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.

UnknownVideo2020Arabian Gulf

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Duration

Unknown

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

Context notes

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

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Source reported

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.

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Encounter window2020

Witnesses place the encounter near Arabian Gulf.

PublishedMay 8, 2026, 12:00 AM

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