Department of WarVideoTier 1 · Primary sensor/visual recordPartially redacted
Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022
UFOP-120 · 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 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-D18, described the UAP as "flying west to east."
Video Description: The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame.
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.
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.
administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.