Summary
This video, with the uploader title "[CALLSIGN] (Mission) - HD 2020-02-13," is assessed by AARO as likely captured by an electro-optical and infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform operating in the U.S. Central Command area in 2020. It was uploaded to a classified network in February 2020 and runs nearly five minutes. The footage shows a sensor panning and zooming to track a single area of contrast.
Detail
This record is one of 51 potentially UAP-related materials sought by eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives on March 6, 2026, which AARO subsequently located on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain of custody. The Department of War video, designated DOW-UAP-PR094, was released through the PURSUE declassification.
AARO assesses the footage was likely derived from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2020, with the file uploaded to a classified network in February 2020. Over its roughly five-minute duration, the first part has no content, after which an area of contrast enters the frame; the sensor then pans, zooms in and out repeatedly, and switches between sensor modalities while tracking it. The accompanying description is informational only and does not represent any analytical judgment or conclusion about the event.
