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The DOW released two videos along with a mission report related to a UAP observation in the Middle East in 2022. Mission report: DOW-UAP-D109 https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/06/#DOW-UAP-D109-Mission-Report-Middle-East-2022 Video 1: DOW-UAP-PR140 https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/06/#DOW-UAP-PR140-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Middle-East-2022 Video 2: DOW-UAP-PR141 https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/06/#DOW-U…
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The Department of War released two UAP videos and a mission report documenting an unresolved observation from the Middle East in 2022, which reportedly shows an object making a sharp turn.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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