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DOW-UAP-PR082, "16 OCT 2020 [CALLSIGN] views UAP"
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “16 OCT 2020 [CALLSIGN] views UAP,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Africa Command area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in October 2020. Video Duration: 00:04:46 Video Description: 00:28-00:29: An area of contrast transits the frame from the middle left side of the frame to the upper right side of the frame. 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.
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
4
Timeline
3
Source provenance
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Live sighting record f16a13fc-a0fa-4c7f-9186-4072480b4ac1.
Using the selected case's real source, media, and context throughout the workspace.
Correlations
Field Intelligence
Location precision
Terrestrial weather, solar-window, airport, and nearby-infrastructure correlations are suppressed for this regional record.
Context notes
AFRICOM 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
2020
Location
AFRICOM
Deep extraction
Source claims
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.
AARO identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network.
Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO assesses that this video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Africa Command area of responsibility in 2020.
AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “16 OCT 2020 [CALLSIGN] views UAP,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Africa Command area of responsibility in 2020.
A user uploaded this video to a classified network in October 2020.
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near AFRICOM.
War.gov PURSUE carried the report into the source network.
Tracked inside the U.S. House Members Request Access to 51 UAP-Related Records from Intelligence Community signal.
Ledger
Source material
media
Primary footage
Playable video asset embedded from the original source record.
document
Supporting source material
Reporter-linked supporting asset preserved for follow-up review.
source
Original report
Direct source material from War.gov PURSUE.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.