Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023
A CENTCOM infrared sensor picks up two objects moving in opposite directions across its field of view — one entering from below-right and exiting top, the other moving top-to-bottom — in a window of roughly two seconds before the frame goes quiet again. AARO received the clip as an unresolved UAP report, meaning analysts couldn't pin the objects to a known platform, natural phenomenon, or sensor artifact. The opposing trajectories are the detail worth sitting with: whatever these are, they aren't moving together.
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 10 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023.
Video Description: 00:01-00:05: No content. 00:06-00:07: Two areas of contrast transit the sensor field-of-view. The first enters the field-of-view from the bottom right and exits from the top edge of the frame. The second, relatively smaller area of contrast enters from the top and exits the bottom of the frame. 00:08-00:10: No content.
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