A 2020 U.S. Central Command report submitted to AARO (DoW-UAP-D38) describes a 2 minute 17 second infrared video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon observed above water at approximately 20,000 feet altitude.
The accompanying report characterizes the object as a solid white object exhibiting erratic movement.
In the footage, the object first briefly appears at about 5 seconds on the left side of the sensor view, then re-enters near the top center at around 19 seconds. From roughly 20 seconds to 1 minute 15 seconds, it remains within the field of view as the sensor pans, adjusts zoom, and cycles contrast settings to track it.
The system progressively zooms in at about 1 minute 16 seconds and again at 1 minute 56 seconds. At approximately 2 minutes 10 seconds, a tracking reticle appears but fails to lock onto the object. By around 2 minutes 15 seconds, the sensor switches modes and loses track of the target entirely.
The report is descriptive in nature and does not determine what the object was, only that it was intermittently tracked over water before being lost during sensor mode changes.
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