Middle East (CENTCOM AOR) — MAY 2022

Incident summary

DOW-UAP-PR19 unresolved report. Video still shows a UAP crossing a military operator's screen during a CENTCOM-region operation in May 2022. Filed alongside DOW-UAP-D14.

Why this case matters

This incident is logged in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog — the U.S. Department of War's rolling declassified UAP file release (Release 01 on 2026-05-08, Release 02 on 2026-05-22) — under identifier PURSUE-015. 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-D14 — USCENTCOM MISREP // IRAQ // MAY 2022 (DOC-002 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D10, MISSION REPORT, MIDDLE EAST, MAY 2022 (DOC-042 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)

Video evidence

• MIDDLE EAST // OPERATOR-SCREEN UAP // DOW-UAP-PR19 (VID-011 · IR · 9s)
• DOW-UAP-PR19 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / MIDDLE EAST / MAY 2022 (VID-018 · IR · 5s)
• DOW-UAP-PR21 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / IRAQ / MAY 2022 (VID-019 · IR · 10s)