Department of WarVideoTier 1 · Primary sensor/visual recordPartially redacted
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025
UFOP-248 · Release 05 (8/7)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
Video
Location
Middle East (Other)
Incident date
2025
Release
Release 05 (8/7)
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 14 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.
Video description:
00:00-00:04: No content.
00:05-00:08: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the left edge, transits from left to right, and exits the right edge of the frame.
00:09-00:14: No content.
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.
Context
This is one of 190 Department of War records in the declassified archive, reported in the Other region. It was published in Release 05 (8/7).
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.