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A serving senior U.S. intelligence official provides a first-hand account of encountering glowing orbs and high-speed objects near a sensitive military facility in late 2025, accompanied by infrared imagery released by war.gov/UFO.
AARO released a 17-minute infrared military sensor video showing multiple areas of contrast that may be in formation over the Persian Gulf, tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area.
AARO released a classified infrared video from March 2025 showing multiple spherical objects near a U.S. military submarine, with apparent water entry and exit behavior. The video spans nearly 5 minutes and documents multiple tracking events.
AARO released a declassified infrared video allegedly showing a U.S. Air National Guard F-16C intercepting a UAP over Lake Huron on 12 February 2023, with a kinetic interaction visible at the 20-second mark. The 46-second video was uploaded to a classified network in February 2023 and is part of 51 potentially UAP-related records.
AARO identified a classified infrared video from January 2023 recorded above the Yellow Sea showing a spherical area of contrast moving through the sensor field-of-view, released in response to a March 2026 House request for UAP-related records.
AARO released an infrared video from August 2022 showing a spherical area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military sensor in the EUCOM area; the footage was digitally altered before upload to a classified network in June 2024.
AARO released a November 2020 infrared video depicting a spherical object transiting in and out of clouds over Afghanistan; the footage was digitally altered before classified network upload in June 2024.
AARO released a classified infrared video from April 2024 showing an object tracked by U.S. Coast Guard sensors near Tyndall in the Southeastern United States. The 38-second video documents thermal contrast tracking.
AARO released a classified infrared video from April 2024 showing a fast-moving object tracked by U.S. Coast Guard sensors near Tyndall. The object exhibited motion that outpaced the sensor's tracking capability.
AARO released a classified infrared video from 2022 recorded by an F/A-18 fighter aircraft showing a thermal contrast tracked by an targeting reticle that lost lock after 27 seconds. The event occurred within U.S. Northern Command airspace.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from November 2, 2020, recorded by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, showing areas of contrast tracked by the sensor with increasing intensity.
AARO released a second infrared sensor video from November 2, 2020, recorded by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area, depicting similar sensor tracking of contrast areas as a distinct second recording.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from October 29, 2020, showing a U.S. military platform tracking three fast-moving areas of contrast in the CENTCOM region.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from October 7, 2020, recorded by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area, capturing an area of contrast tracked with multiple sensor adjustments over several minutes.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from August 2020 showing an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from May 2020 showing multiple areas of contrast over the Gulf of Arabia tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from July 2018 showing multiple areas of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from October 20, 2020, showing a U.S. military platform in CENTCOM recording multiple transiting areas of contrast over several minutes.
AARO released an electro-optical and infrared military sensor video from February 2020 showing an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from September 2019 showing multiple grouped areas of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released a second classified infrared video from April 2021 showing a spherical object tracked by U.S. military sensors in the Central Command area. Like related videos, it lacks substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from May 2020 showing multiple distinct areas of contrast over the Gulf of Arabia tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area.
AARO released an infrared military sensor video from September 2019 showing multiple areas of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released an infrared video showing a spherical object with pulsing characteristics observed over water by a U.S. military platform; uploaded to a classified network in June 2024.
AARO released a declassified infrared video allegedly recorded by a U.S. military platform at Eglin AFB on 13 February 2023, showing a thermal contrast that loses distinctiveness over 30 seconds. The video was identified among 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by House members in March 2026, though chain-of-custody documentation is incomplete.
Declassified Armed Forces Special Weapons Program and U.S. Air Force documents from 1948–1950 describe 209 sightings of unidentified phenomena near Sandia Base, New Mexico, including green orbs, discs, and fireballs with reported maneuvers and disappearances.
An 8-minute infrared video of four areas of contrast transiting the sensor field, assessed by AARO as likely derived from a U.S. military platform and uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 with poor chain-of-custody documentation.
AARO released a January 2023 infrared video of a spherical object observed above the Yellow Sea by a U.S. military platform; this is a duplicate of another release with alternate titling.
AARO released a classified infrared video from April 2021 showing a spherical object tracked by U.S. military sensors in the Central Command area. The video, uploaded to a classified network in May 2024, lacks substantiated chain-of-custody documentation.
AARO released a classified infrared video from January 2023 recorded by fifth-generation aircraft showing at least two thermal contrast areas tracked over 63 seconds. The video documents real-time sensor tracking within U.S. Northern Command.
AARO released a 10-minute infrared video from the Indo-Pacific Command area showing a tracked area of contrast with apparent shape changes; digitally altered before June 2024 classified upload.
A GitHub commit documents incorporation of war.gov Release 02, which added 64 new UAP records including 51 videos, 7 audio files, and 6 PDFs released on May 22, 2026.
A CIA intelligence report documents a 1973 USSR sighting of a luminous green airborne object with concentric circles, observed without sound by a human intelligence source.
A 21-second infrared video from October 2022 shows an area of contrast transiting the sensor field, assessed by AARO as derived from a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
AARO released a 4-minute 50-second infrared video from April 2021 in the Central Command area showing a spherical area of contrast transiting across a military sensor field-of-view.
AARO released a 4-minute 46-second infrared video from April 2021 in the Central Command area showing a spherical area of contrast tracked across the sensor field-of-view before becoming indistinct.
AARO released a classified infrared video from July 2017 showing an unidentified object recorded near Kabul by U.S. military sensors. The 17-second video captures an area of contrast crossing the sensor field-of-view.
AARO released a declassified smartphone video allegedly recorded near Karaganda International Airport in Kazakhstan in March 2022, showing a luminous phenomenon with trailing light patterns. The video was digitally altered prior to upload to a classified network in April 2023.
AARO released a declassified infrared video from a U.S. military platform recorded near Columbus, Ohio in November 2022, showing multiple areas of thermal contrast tracked across the sensor field-of-view. The 88-second video was uploaded to a classified network in March 2023.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from October 18, 2020, recorded by a U.S. military platform in the AFRICOM area, capturing a single area of contrast transiting the sensor field.
AARO released a classified infrared video from August 24, 2020 showing a single area of contrast tracked by U.S. Central Command sensors during a military mission. The 5-minute video captures tracking and zoom sequences before the target exits the field of view.
AARO released a classified infrared video from August 21, 2020 showing an area of contrast tracked over the Persian Gulf by U.S. Central Command sensors. The 4.8-minute video captures a target transiting vertically through the frame before becoming indistinguishable from background grain.
AARO released a classified infrared video from December 2019 recorded by U.S. Northern Command sensors on the East Coast. The 34-second video shows an area of contrast tracked by the sensor with contrast mode cycling.
AARO released a classified military infrared video from September 2020 showing an area of contrast tracked across the sensor field for approximately one minute. The 4.7-minute video was uploaded to a classified network in September 2020.
AARO released an infrared video from a U.S. military platform in August 2022 showing four areas of contrast transiting a sensor field of view over water, allegedly in the Iran region, uploaded to a classified network in June 2024.
AARO released a classified military infrared video from September 2020 showing a brief area of contrast tracked by U.S. Central Command sensors. The 4-minute video contains minimal visual content and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO released a classified infrared video from September 5, 2020 showing three separate transits of an area of contrast tracked by U.S. Central Command sensors. The 4.9-minute video captures objects moving through the sensor's field of view.
AARO released a June 2020 infrared video from the Central Command area showing a tracked area of contrast maintained in the sensor field-of-view for approximately 4 minutes 51 seconds.
AARO released a classified infrared video from August 31, 2020 showing multiple areas of contrast tracked by U.S. Central Command sensors. The 5-minute video captures complex movement patterns with the sensor cycling zoom levels and panning to track targets.
AARO released a declassified infrared video allegedly recorded by a U.S. military platform above the East China Sea on 9 June 2021, showing a single thermal contrast tracked for 18 seconds before the sensor loses sight of it. The 23-second video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2021.
AARO released an infrared sensor video from October 16, 2020, recorded by a U.S. military platform in the AFRICOM area, showing a brief area of contrast transit across the sensor frame.
AARO released a classified infrared video (part 2) from August 31, 2020 showing continued tracking of multiple areas of contrast by U.S. Central Command sensors. The 5-minute video demonstrates sustained sensor engagement with contrast anomalies.
AARO released a declassified 4-minute 45-second infrared video from a U.S. military platform operating in the Central Command area on 13 June 2022, showing multiple areas of thermal contrast tracked across various zoom and pan sequences. The video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2022.
AARO released an infrared video from a U.S. military platform in 2021 showing an area of contrast with rapid sensor movement, digitally altered and presented with multiple replay speeds and enhancements at 25%, 50%, and 100% speed.
Apollo 17 astronauts reported seeing bright, jagged particles drifting near their spacecraft during transit to the moon in December 1972. The crew speculated the lights were likely paint chips or ice fragments from the Saturn S-IVB stage.
AARO released a declassified infrared video from a U.S. military platform recorded on 3 January 2021 in the Central Command area, showing a single thermal contrast that becomes visible near the top center of the frame and is tracked until it exits the bottom left. The 4-minute 57-second video was uploaded to a classified network in January 2021.
During the recovery of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) on July 21, 1961, the recovery team documented discussion of a dye pack in the water that failed to activate.
Apollo 12 astronauts reported light flashes or streaks occurring in darkness while attempting to sleep in 1969, which NASA's medical team determined were internal retinal phenomena caused by cosmic ray exposure rather than external light sources.
A Department of Energy report documents an unidentified object incident at Pantex facility with enhanced surveillance radar imagery.
NASA audio from the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight in 1963 records astronaut Gordon Cooper observing 'fireflies,' which NASA determined were frozen condensation reflecting sunlight separated from the spacecraft.
Personal correspondence involving James Tuck, a Los Alamos physicist, regarding his interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena during the 1970s.
Mercury-Atlas 7 pilot Scott Carpenter observed white particles resembling snowflakes moving randomly around his spacecraft in May 1962, some appearing to move faster than the Aurora 7.
Mercury-Atlas 9 pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. observed small luminous white particles drifting from his spacecraft during the final Mercury mission in May 1963. The phenomena were later identified as reflections from beacon-related equipment with xenon strobe lights.
Mercury-Atlas 8 pilot Wally Schirra Jr. described white objects drifting from his capsule during the October 1962 mission, which he speculated were particles or lathe shavings. He also reported a burst of light whose source he could not identify.
A 1986 letter invited members of the Pajarito Astronomers club to a presentation by a Los Alamos physicist titled 'Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFOs?'; the event was not officially hosted by Los Alamos.
A GitHub commit regenerates correlations between sighting data and official records in a UAP disclosure archive repository.