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DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025

The released record says the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. File: DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025. DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025 combines an official, playable video, 2 extracted claims, 1 evidence record, and 2 timeline entries, and file-level provenance that can be compared with related release records.

File
Video · Release 01
Date
2025
Location
Djibouti
Agency
Department of War

Probed Assessment

The released record says the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. File: DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025.

Key takeaways

  • The released record says the reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.
  • The released record says an unidentified anomalous phenomenon was recorded by a U.S. military platform.
  • The report DOW-UAP-PR043 was cleared for release

Why it matters

DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025 combines an official, playable video, 2 extracted claims, 1 evidence record, and 2 timeline entries, and file-level provenance that can be compared with related release records.

Corroboration

For DOW-UAP-PR043, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025, the release establishes official provenance but does not independently verify the record's statement that the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Open questions

  • Do an original-generation recording, complete transcript, or sensor metadata survive outside the released artifact?

Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.

Official Description from War.gov

The United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description: 00:00-00:02: A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves from the left side of the sensor field-of-view to the right side, exiting the scene from the bottom right quarter of the screen. 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. The video is looped for viewing purposes.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

5
Research Map relationships require row-level claim or timeline references.

Tracker findings

1

DOW-UAP-PR43: the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an UAP

The linked release item states that the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Release provenance

Release
Release 01
Official ID
release-01-file-095-dow-uap-pr043-unresolved-uap-report-africa-2025
Cleared
May 8, 2026
Official release source

Related coverage

6

Sighting Context

Stored occurrence and enrichment data for this released artifact. Missing or regional data stays explicit rather than being inferred.

Shape model

Shape not classified

No grounded form data

Observation profile

Recorded occurrence details

Occurrence
Djibouti · 2025
Location
Djibouti
Open map
Classification
Not classified

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Referenced Timeline

  1. UAP incident in Djibouti

    An unidentified anomalous phenomenon was recorded by a U.S. military platform.

    LinkedDjibouti
  2. Report cleared for release

    The report DOW-UAP-PR043 was cleared for release.

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedObserved

The United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

The United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Source reportedObserved

The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

Source Material & Evidence

video

Infrared sensor video footage

United States Africa Command report

Research Map

5 entities · 1 grounded link

Lines appear only when two entities share a row-level source claim or dated timeline event. Unconnected nodes remain visible without implying a relationship.

UAP/Disclosure Graph
5 nodes1 links