Department of WarVideoTier 1 · Primary sensor/visual recordPartially redacted
Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022
UFOP-118 · Release 01 (5/8)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
Video
Location
Iraq (CENTCOM/Middle East)
Incident date
N/A
Release
Release 01 (5/8)
Evidence tier
Tier 1 · Primary sensor/visual record
What the document says
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of ten seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D14, described the UAP as a “probable SU-27/35."
Video Description: The video depicts two areas of contrast moving together near the center of the field-of-view throughout the runtime.
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.
AARO Comment: SU-27 and SU-35 are designations for military aircraft operated by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
This is one of 143 Department of War records in the declassified archive, reported in the CENTCOM/Middle East region. It was published in Release 01 (5/8).
Evidence tiers describe the type of record (sensor capture vs. written report vs.
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