Department of WarVideoTier 1 · Primary sensor/visual recordPartially redacted
Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020
UFOP-229 · Release 04 (7/10)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
Video
Location
Eastern United States (United States)
Incident date
2020
Release
Release 04 (7/10)
Evidence tier
Tier 1 · Primary sensor/visual record
What the document says
The United States Northern Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020.
Video Description:
00:01-00:21: Several small areas of contrast enter and leave the sensor field-of-view as the sensor pans across the background scene.
00:22-00:41: An auto-tracking reticle surrounds an area of contrast, and the sensor pans to keep it generally within the center of the frame. Several other areas of contrast periodically enter and exit the frame.
00:42-00:49: The sensor zooms out.
00:50-01:00: The area of contrast is no longer visible within the frame. The sensor display flickers between a black screen and normal function as it cycles contrast modes. No content.
This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
Document text
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provided the following information:
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vehicles, and began driving to the site they were going to use for testing.
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third vehicles.
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the gate remotely using a fob. The gate opened just a little and then closede
on three separate tries. On the fourth attempt the gate opened completelye
and stayed open. There were no prior operational problems with thate
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September
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cigar s haped obj ect wi th an ext remel y bri ght light southwest of them
approximately 500 to 3000 f eet above the nearest tree line (agent note : t he
t ree l i ne was appr oxi matel y one mile sout h west of
posit ion) . The
obj ect was already ther e when she l ooked up .
a l most hovering,
slowl y moving f rom east to west . The l i ght was an i ntense d i amond white
l ight with what appeared t o be a r i ng around t he light and was located o n
t he east ern end of the obj ect . The light was pointi ng south east and l ooking
at i t
(the light ) was l i ke looking i nto t he sun . The obj ect was "metallic
br onze in colorll and was t he l ength of two or three Blackhawk he licopters
l ined up nose to tail . The wi dt h of the object was approximat ely the wi dth
of one and a hal f Bl ackhawks but was hard to determine due the l i ght on t he
obj ect' s eastern end which may have been obscuring par t of the body . The
object was compl etel y s ilent .
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was initially annoyed when she saw t he object because s he
had restri cted the ranges f or t he tests t hey wer e going t o conduc t t ha t
mor ni ng but then she realized t he obj ect was not an aircraft or drone .
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inched her vehi c l e f orward while she a nd
watched the
obj ect_ They wat c hed the obj ect for f ive t o ten seconds and t hen t he obj ect
j ust disappeared . The sky was c l ear with no c l o uds a nd t he obj ect did l eave
any contrai ls .
a nd -
searched the sky but did not see the
obj ect again.
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d i d not notice any i nt erference with her vehic l e ' s
engi ne while the object was v i s i b l e . She onl y observed t he one obj ect a nd
f elt it l e f t when i t saw t hem .
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drove to the t est site where ■■■■ who was a passenger
i n the second vehicl e sai d he saw the obj ect too .
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woul d not have repor ted the obj ect i f s he had seen it by
her sel f . Several of her co- worker s subsequentl y made fun of her due to her
report.
(■ Jill No photos or video of t he obj ect were t aken by -
or the
contractors . -
had seen most of t he a i rcraf t and dr ones used by t he
US military during her fifteen years worki ng a t ■■■■ -
and had
never seen a nything like t he obj ect she observed .
The obj ect was
Context
This is one of 190 Department of War records in the declassified archive, reported in the United States region. It was published in Release 04 (7/10).
Evidence tiers describe the type of record (sensor capture vs. written report vs.
administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.