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DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP, Middle East, 2025

DOW-UAP-PR134 is official Department of War video associated with Middle East in 2025; the sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times. The released audio contains no intelligible speech, so interpretation is limited to the visible sequence and its official description.

File
Video · Release 05
Date
2025
Location
Middle East
Agency
Department of War

Probed Assessment

Key takeaways

  • The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.
  • The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.
  • The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

Why it matters

DOW-UAP-PR134 adds released sensor or camera footage to the Release 05 media record. The clip can support frame-level review, but it does not by itself establish distance, size, speed, or identity beyond the accompanying source description.

Corroboration

The downloaded media, duration, file integrity, visible sequence, and official description were reviewed. No intelligible speech was present, so no transcript claims were created and no prompt-conditioned ASR output was accepted.

Open questions

  • What sensor geometry, platform data, and contemporaneous records would be needed to test the official description?

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 Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. Video description: 00:00-01:39: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times. 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.

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

File Context

Related entities

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

Tracker findings

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The official video description records: The sensor pans to track an area

The record states: The official video description records: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

CENTCOM submitted a 99-second EO/IR UAP video from 2025

The record states: Official source metadata states: The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Release provenance

Release
Release 05
Official ID
release-05-file-028-dow-uap-pr134-unresolved-uap-report-middle-east-2025
Cleared
Aug 7, 2026
Official release source

Sighting Context

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

Shape model

light

Static reduced-motion summary

Observation profile

Recorded occurrence details

Occurrence
Middle East · 2025
Location
Middle East
Classification
light

Environmental, lunar, orbital, satellite, airport, and nearby-infrastructure context loads when this section approaches the viewport.

Referenced Timeline

  1. Reported observation

    Official metadata associates DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025 with 2025 in Middle East.

  2. Cleared for release

    DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025 was included in the official Release 05 publication.

Source Claims

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

Source reportedAssertedofficial_metadata

Official source metadata states: The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Source reportedAssertedofficial_metadata

Official source metadata states: The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

Source reportedObserved00:00-01:3900:00–01:39

The official video description records: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times.

Source Material & Evidence

video

Official released video

DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Research Map

6 entities · 6 grounded links

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
6 nodes6 links