DOW-UAP-PR43, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025

Department of WarVideoVideo ReportUNCLASSIFIEDNo redactionsPURSUE Release 1

3/10

niche or mildly interesting

UAP Insight significance score

Location: Djibouti
Duration: approximately 2 seconds
Witnesses: Sensor only
Released: May 8, 2026

UAP Characteristics

? Unknown shape

Evidence Types

IR Video

Government Programs Referenced

AAROPURSUE

Official Conclusion

Unresolved

Official Description

The United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of two seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation. Video Description:00:00-00:02: A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves from the left side of the sensor field-of-view to the right side, exiting the scene from the bottom right quarter of the screen. 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. The video is looped for viewing purposes.

Key Findings

→A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast was captured moving left-to-right across an infrared sensor field-of-view before exiting the bottom-right quadrant of the frame.
→The total video duration is only two seconds, severely limiting the amount of observable data.
→No oral or written description of the observation was provided by the reporting party, leaving the footage without contextual witness testimony.
→US Africa Command submitted the report to AARO, indicating it met the threshold for formal UAP reporting through official military channels.
→The event remains officially unresolved with no analytical conclusion reached.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

A two-second infrared sensor video submitted by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) to AARO depicting a small, indistinct area of contrast moving across the sensor field-of-view near Djibouti in 2025. No oral or written description was provided by the original reporter, and no analytical conclusions have been drawn. The footage is classified as an unresolved UAP report.

Analyst Notes

Extremely limited evidential value: only two seconds of footage, no witness testimony, no written or oral description from the reporter, single-sensor (infrared only) with no corroborating radar or visual observation. The object is described as 'barely distinguishable,' indicating very low signal contrast. Duration and image quality are insufficient to determine size, speed, altitude, or nature of the observed phenomenon. No mundane explanation is offered, but the footage appears too limited to support any meaningful conclusion.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

United States Africa Command (AFRICOM)All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)Department of War

Locations

DjiboutiAfrica

Aircraft & Objects

Small, barely distinguishable area of contrast on infrared sensor — movement from left to bottom-right of frame

Dates

2025

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