Visible in the sensor footage

00:00-01:41: The sensor tracks an area of contrast while changing magnification and panning speed. 01:43-02:05: A digital focus-box overlay appears while tracking continues until the area exits the lower edge. 02:06-03:22: The sensor pans, intermittently reacquires the area and briefly engages an auto-tracking reticle that does not establish a lock. 03:23-04:58: The sensor reacquires the area at smaller apparent size, continues tracking, then zooms as it transits and exits the top of the frame.

Release 06 · Official Video Record

DOW-UAP-PR133 — Middle East Infrared Sensor Track

Official Release 06 infrared sensor record with repeated tracking, magnification changes and a digital focus-box overlay.

This Release 06 record contains 4 minutes and 58 seconds of infrared sensor material associated with a 2025 Middle East report.

DOW-UAP-PR133 is an official Release 06 VID record titled “DOW-UAP-PR133, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025.” This Release 06 record contains 4 minutes and 58 seconds of infrared sensor material associated with a 2025 Middle East report. 00:00-01:41: The sensor tracks an area of contrast while changing magnification and panning speed. 01:43-02:05: A digital focus-box overlay appears while tracking continues until the area exits the lower edge. 02:06-03:22: The sensor pans, intermittently reacquires the area and briefly engages an auto-tracking reticle that does not establish a lock. 03:23-04:58: The sensor reacquires the area at smaller apparent size, continues tracking, then zooms as it transits and exits the top of the frame. This media item is linked to DOW-UAP-D107, DOW-UAP-D107, Mission Report, Middle East, 2025. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description. The official description is informational and does not constitute an analytical judgment or factual determination about the event. The associated mission report contains an operator’s subjective description and speed estimate, which should not be treated as directly visible in this recording.

Official source context

The primary source record is DOW-UAP-PR133, an official Department of War video record titled “DOW-UAP-PR133, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025.” According to the official source description: The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 4 minutes and 58 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. An accompanying mission report, DOW-UAP-D107, described the UAP as “look[ing] like a white round orbit… moving as fast as 500 miles per hour.” Video Description: 00:00-00:04: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally centered within the frame. 00:05-00:50: The sensor decreases its level of magnification and continues to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:51-01:21: The sensor decreases its level of magnification and adjusts its panning speed to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 01:22-01:41: The sensor increases its level of magnification and adjusts its panning speed to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 01:43-2:05: A rectangular digital overlay, or “focus box,” appears near the center of the frame. This display element is a graphical component of the sensor system and does indicate a physical change in the environment. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame before exiting the sensor field-of-view from the bottom edge. 02:06-02:21: The sensor pans across the scene and decreases its level of magnification. The area of contrast intermittently re-appears from the left edge of the frame. 02:22-02:28: The sensor pans across the scene, reacquiring the area of contrast. After the area of contrast re-enters the scene, the sensor continues to pan to track it, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. The sensor engages briefly stops panning and the area of contrast exits on the right side once again. 02:29-02:36: The sensor activates an auto-tracking reticle, which does not establish a lock on the area of contrast. After the auto-track reticle disengages, the sensor stops panning, causing the area of contrast to exit the frame from the right edge. 02:37-3:22: The sensor pans and requires the area of contrast, keeping it within its field-of-view before it exits the bottom edge of the frame. 3:23-4:29: The sensor continues to pan then zooms out and reacquires the area of contrast, now significantly smaller in the sensor’s field of view. The sensor continuously pans to keep the area of contrast in the field of view. 4:30-4:58: The sensor zooms in, and the area of contrast transits the field-of-view, exiting the top of the frame. The sensor cycles magnification levels multiple times. 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-R06-VID005

Original filename

DOD_111985772.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

DOW-UAP-PR133

Primary official title

DOW-UAP-PR133, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Agency / source

Department of War

Incident date

2025

Incident location

Middle East

YouTube video ID

tQWpNE_kHsw

YouTube URL

https://youtu.be/tQWpNE_kHsw

Upload / publication status

draft

Needs human review

NO

Linked report ID

DOW-UAP-D107

Linked report title

DOW-UAP-D107, Mission Report, Middle East, 2025

Notes

Primary asset context comes from DOW-UAP-PR133. Linked report context comes from DOW-UAP-D107; website copy keeps both source contexts separate.

Linked source records

This media item is linked to DOW-UAP-D107, DOW-UAP-D107, Mission Report, Middle East, 2025. The linked report context is separate from the primary media record and should not be treated as directly recorded in the primary media unless supported by the media description.

This record matters because it documents a longer sensor sequence with multiple tracking, reacquisition and magnification changes that can be compared with its separate mission-report context.

Limitations and interpretation

The official description is informational and does not constitute an analytical judgment or factual determination about the event. The associated mission report contains an operator’s subjective description and speed estimate, which should not be treated as directly visible in this recording.