DOW-UAP-PR134, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025
Middle East infrared sensor UAP video (2025): CENTCOM report
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Location
- Middle East
- Incident date
- 2025
- Duration
- 1 minute 39 seconds (length of video footage)
- Witnesses
- Sensor only
- Released
- August 7, 2026
UAP Characteristics
Evidence Types
Official Conclusion
Unresolved
Official Description
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. Video description: 00:00-01:39: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast from left to right across the background, keeping it generally centered within the frame. The sensor adjusts collection mode and level of magnification several times. 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.
Key Findings
- →USCENTCOM submitted the report to AARO as an unresolved UAP case from 2025 in the Middle East.
- →The footage is 1 minute 39 seconds long and was captured by an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform.
- →The sensor panned left to right to track an 'area of contrast' and kept it generally centered in the frame.
- →The sensor changed collection mode and magnification several times during the recording.
- →The official description states that it is not an analytical judgment on the nature or validity of the event.
United States Central Command submitted a report to AARO that includes 1 minute 39 seconds of electro-optical/infrared sensor video recorded from a U.S. military platform in the Middle East in 2025. The video description says the sensor tracks an area of contrast across the background and changes collection mode and magnification several times. The report is listed as unresolved, and the description gives no analytical conclusion.
Analyst Notes
The description is minimal: it gives no range, altitude, speed, or size, and no object is clearly identified, only an 'area of contrast'. There are no witness accounts and no corroborating sensors. The sensor mode and magnification changes could point to mundane explanations such as a distant aircraft, glare, or an artifact, though the description does not say so. The source's own disclaimer rules out reading any analytical judgment into the description.
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