DOW-UAP-PR054, "SPHERICAL UAP ERRATIC MOVEMENT [CALLSIGN] (MISSION) 2022"
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- Author
- Fritzkquzerk
- Published
- July 13, 2026
- Event date
- 2022-01-01
- Witnesses
- Military
- Object type
- spherical UAP with erratic movement
Original excerpt
So, here's a video from the 2nd release of UAP videos from the PURSUE page. https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDat...al-UAP-Erratic-movement-CALLSIGN-Mission-2022 It wasn't addressed already but I wanted to do it not because I think this is necessarily anomalous, but just because I can't genuinely think of what I'm looking at. I was curious about your possible ideas about what this object could be,…
Key claims
- →Video from DOW-UAP-PR054 PURSUE page release
- →Spherical object exhibiting erratic movement
- →2022 mission footage
- →Poster seeks community identification of the object
A Metabunk user discusses a DOW-UAP-PR054 video from the PURSUE release showing a spherical UAP with erratic movement from a 2022 mission, seeking community analysis of the object's identity.
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