DVIDS / AARO
DOW UAP video: NAG UAP, June 2020
A DVIDS-published AARO reference video labeled DOW-UAP-PR059 shows infrared footage from a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020.
What the video shows
The video shows an infrared sensor view in which a contrast target appears against a muted background. The sensor pans, zooms and briefly tracks the target before it leaves the frame; later zoom changes show the recording as a sensor sequence rather than a conventional handheld clip.
Witness description
No named public eyewitness is attached to the release. The public record instead comes through the Department of War and AARO material described by DVIDS, which says many responsive files lacked a substantiated chain of custody.
Source and provenance
DVIDS identifies the clip as DOW-UAP-PR059 and states that AARO assesses the video was likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. It was published as informational material, not as a final analytic conclusion.
Evidence notes
The value of the video is its official provenance and sensor context. Its limits are also clear: the public version does not provide enough telemetry, range, target size or full investigative chain to identify the object with confidence.
Possible explanations
Possible explanations include aircraft, a balloon, a sensor artifact, airborne debris, or an unresolved object viewed under limited infrared context.
Verification notes
Published source video; not independently verified by this archive.