PR074: Bad Redactions.
4/10
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Author
- Mick West
- Published
- May 23, 2026
UFO Reports from the US Military and Government
Original excerpt
After seeing the bad redactions in PR071 that @john.phil posted about, I checked the other videos. THis is something you can do in the Sitrec video viewer by setting video/Video Adjustments/Levels Midpoint to 5. https://www.metabunk.org/sitrec/?sitch=video That's PR-074, where they have redacted whenever the drone with the camera comes into view. In others like PR-076 there's ver minor leackage o…
Key claims
- →Multiple DoW videos contain failed redactions
- →PR-074 shows drone camera position despite redaction attempts
- →Sitrec video viewer can be used to reveal hidden content through level adjustment
UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official
A Metabunk post identifies additional poor redactions in Department of War video releases, particularly in PR-074 and PR-076, where drone camera positions were inadequately obscured.
Alternative explanation
Redaction failures appear to reveal only technical operational details, not evidence of anomalous objects.
Analysis by Claude · may contain errors
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