United Arab Emirates (vicinity) — OCT 2023
Unresolved UAP report near UAE — infrared sensor footage of unidentified object.
Incident summary
DOW-UAP-PR26 unresolved UAP report. Infrared sensor footage captured during a CENTCOM-region encounter in October 2023. Object behavior and identity remain unresolved per the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
Why this case matters
This incident is logged in PURSUE Release 01 — the U.S. Department of War's 2026-05-08 declassified UAP file release — under identifier PURSUE-014. The originating agency is the Department of War (DoD); the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated UNRESOLVED by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.
Primary-source evidence
Declassified documents
- DOW-UAP-D23, MISSION REPORT, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, OCTOBER 2023 (DOC-048 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
- DOW-UAP-D27, MISSION REPORT, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, OCTOBER 2023 (DOC-050 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
Video evidence
- UAE // UNRESOLVED UAP // DOW-UAP-PR26 (VID-008 · IR · 18s)
- DOW-UAP-PR26 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / OCTOBER 2023 (VID-022 · IR · 43s)
- DOW-UAP-PR27 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / OCTOBER 2023 (VID-023 · IR · 297s)
- Syria — OCT 2024PURSUE-008 · ANOMALOUS · Department of War (DoD)
- Iraq (CENTCOM AOR, ISR mission, Sigonella-staged) — MAY 2022PURSUE-012 · UNRESOLVED · United States Air Force
- Syria (CENTCOM AOR) — JUL 2022PURSUE-013 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)
- Middle East (CENTCOM AOR) — MAY 2022PURSUE-015 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)