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DOW-UAP-PR112 — Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2019

This dossier details a 2019 UAP incident reported by the US Navy, featuring infrared footage and a debrief describing unusual flight characteristics. This material is significant as it adds to the body of UAP reports involving military observations, potentially indicating phenomena with flight capabilities beyond known technology.

File
Video · Release 04
Date
2019
Location
Eastern United States
Agency
Department of War

Probed Assessment

This dossier details a 2019 UAP incident reported by the US Navy, featuring infrared footage and a debrief describing unusual flight characteristics.

Key takeaways

  • The US Navy submitted a 2019 report to the AARO featuring 20 seconds of infrared video from a civilian aircraft, documenting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon.
  • A Range Fouler Debrief, DOW-UAP-D090, describes the phenomenon as having unprecedented flight characteristics, according to an observer with extensive military service.
  • The phenomenon is characterized as small and moving at high speed in a straight line, opposite to the aircraft's direction.

Why it matters

This material is significant as it adds to the body of UAP reports involving military observations, potentially indicating phenomena with flight capabilities beyond known technology.

Corroboration

The report's claims are primarily supported by the Navy's submission and the associated debrief, but lack corroboration from independent sources or additional documents in the public domain.

Open questions

  • What additional data or analysis does the AARO have on this incident?
  • Are there other similar reports from the same time period or region?
  • What was the civilian aircraft's role and perspective in capturing the footage?
  • How does this incident compare to other UAP reports in terms of flight characteristics?
  • What follow-up actions, if any, were taken by the Navy or AARO after the report?

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 Navy submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 20 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a civilian aircraft in 2019. An accompanying Range Fouler Debrief, DOW-UAP-D090, describes the phenomenon as exhibiting “flight characteristics unlike anything [the observer] had seen in 28 years [of service] for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The report characterizes the phenomenon as “small” and “travelling in a straight line [in the] opposite direction at high speed.” Video Description: 00:01-00:011: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the screen. 00:12-00:014: The sensor changes its level of zoom and display mode, flashing white before returning to normal function. The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view to the left side of the frame. 00:15-00:20: The sensor changes settings, causing the screen to flash white. No content. 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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File Context

Related entities

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Tracker findings

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Contrast exited during a zoom and display-mode change

War.gov describes the screen flashing white during a sensor zoom and mode change as the contrast area left through the left side of the frame.

Release provenance

Release
Release 04
Official ID
release-04-file-033-dow-uap-pr112-unresolved-uap-report-eastern-united-states-2019
Cleared
Jul 10, 2026
Official release source

Related coverage

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Sighting Context

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Shape model

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Static reduced-motion summary

Observation profile

Recorded occurrence details

Occurrence
Eastern United States · 2019
Location
Eastern United States
Classification
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Referenced Timeline

  1. UAP Incident

    An unidentified anomalous phenomenon was reported by the United States Navy.

  2. Report Cleared for Release

    The report was cleared for release by the Department of War.

Source Claims

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

Source reportedObserved

The United States Navy submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 20 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a civilian aircraft in 2019.

The United States Navy submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 20 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a civilian aircraft in 2019.

Source reportedAsserted

An accompanying Range Fouler Debrief, DOW-UAP-D090, describes the phenomenon as exhibiting 'flight characteristics unlike anything [the observer] had seen in 28 years [of service] for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.'

An accompanying Range Fouler Debrief, DOW-UAP-D090, describes the phenomenon as exhibiting 'flight characteristics unlike anything [the observer] had seen in 28 years [of service] for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.'

LinkedUSAF
Source reportedAsserted

The report characterizes the phenomenon as 'small' and 'travelling in a straight line [in the] opposite direction at high speed.'

The report characterizes the phenomenon as 'small' and 'travelling in a straight line [in the] opposite direction at high speed.'

Source Material & Evidence

video

Infrared sensor video footage

United States Navy report

document

Range Fouler Debrief DOW-UAP-D090

United States Navy report

Transcript

00:01

An area of contrast is visible near the center of the screen.

00:12

The sensor changes its level of zoom and display mode, flashing white before returning to normal function. The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view to the left side of the frame.

00:15

The sensor changes settings, causing the screen to flash white. No content.

Research Map

6 entities · 3 grounded links

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UAP/Disclosure Graph
6 nodes3 links