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Middle East, August 8, 2020

August 8, 2020
Middle East (CENTCOM area)

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.

The official description

AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “08 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] UAP observation,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2020. Video Duration: 00:04:52 Video Description: 00:00-00:47: No content. 00:48-00:51: An area of contrast enters the field-of-view from the lower right side of the screen. 00:52-00:53: The area of contrast exits the field-of-view from the lower left side of the screen. 00:54-01:09: The sensor pans to track the area of contrast and hold it within the center of the screen. 01:10-01:34: The sensor zooms in on the area of contrast.

Quoted from the U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases. Read every file for this incident in Official files or at war.gov/UFO.

Witnesses

Not named in the files

Explanation

Unresolved

The official files offer no explanation.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases (war.gov/UFO)war.gov
  2. U.S. Department of War, Release 02: DOW-UAP-PR092, "08 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] UAP observation"war.gov

From the U.S. Department of War PURSUE releases. The description is quoted from the official file.