Visible in the sensor footage

00:01-00:15: No content. 00:16-00:19: The footage flashes between normal operation and a black screen several times as the sensor changes display modes. 00:20-00:27: No content. 00:28-00:33: The sensor zooms in and pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:34-00:57: An auto-tracking reticle surrounds the area of contrast as the sensor continues to track it against the background. 00:58-01:10: The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. 01:11-01:34: The area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view to the left of the frame. The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. No content.

Release 04 · Official Video Record

DOW-UAP-PR108 — Western U.S. Reticle Sequence

Official Release 04 Western U.S. sensor video with display changes and auto-tracking reticle behavior.

This Release 04 record contains a Western United States sensor sequence from 2020. The official visible description highlights display-mode flashes, zoom changes and auto-tracking reticle behavior.

DOW-UAP-PR108 is an official Release 04 VID record titled “DOW-UAP-PR108, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020.” This Release 04 record contains a Western United States sensor sequence from 2020. The official visible description highlights display-mode flashes, zoom changes and auto-tracking reticle behavior. 00:01-00:15: No content. 00:16-00:19: The footage flashes between normal operation and a black screen several times as the sensor changes display modes. 00:20-00:27: No content. 00:28-00:33: The sensor zooms in and pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:34-00:57: An auto-tracking reticle surrounds the area of contrast as the sensor continues to track it against the background. 00:58-01:10: The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. 01:11-01:34: The area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view to the left of the frame. The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. No content. No linked PDF report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available website context comes from the primary official media record. 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.

Official source context

The primary source record is DOW-UAP-PR108, an official Department of War video record titled “DOW-UAP-PR108, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020.” According to the official source description: The United States Northern Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 2 minutes and 16 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2020. Video Description: 00:01-00:15: No content. 00:16-00:19: The footage flashes between normal operation and a black screen several times as the sensor changes display modes. 00:20-00:27: No content. 00:28-00:33: The sensor zooms in and pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:34-00:57: An auto-tracking reticle surrounds the area of contrast as the sensor continues to track it against the background. 00:58-01:10: The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. 01:11-01:34: The area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view to the left of the frame. The sensor adjusts its zoom level and contrast settings several times. 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.

Asset ID

FD-R04-VID013

Original filename

DOD_111830058.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

DOW-UAP-PR108

Primary official title

DOW-UAP-PR108, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020

Agency / source

Department of War

Incident date

2020

Incident location

Western United States

YouTube video ID

esN6y3FeJ98

YouTube URL

https://youtu.be/esN6y3FeJ98

Upload / publication status

draft

Needs human review

NO

Linked report ID

Not available

Linked report title

Not available

Notes

Primary asset context comes from DOW-UAP-PR108. No linked PDF report row was matched. Website copy generated from Release 04 source-context data.

Linked source records

No linked PDF report row was matched in the current source-context data. The available website context comes from the primary official media record.

This record matters because it documents sensor display behavior and reticle tracking in a longer Western United States clip.

Limitations and interpretation

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.