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// VIDEO EVIDENCE · VID-072 //

DOW-UAP-PR076 / 03 JANUARY 2021 [CALLSIGN] (MISSION) OBSERVES UAP

On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is “03 January 2021 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) observes UAP,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in January 2021. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in January 2021. Video Duration: 00:04:57 Video Description: 00:00-01:51: No content. 01:52-02:48: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the top half of the frame. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the field-of-view. 02:49-02:55: The sensor zooms in. The area of contrast exits the frame in the bottom left of the display. 02:55-04:57: 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.

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DOW-UAP-PR076 / 03 JANUARY 2021 [CALLSIGN] (MISSION) OBSERVES UAP is a declassified U.S. military UAP video captured in CENTCOM in 2021. The clip is 297 seconds long, recorded in Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR/IR) format. It is part of the Pentagon's PURSUE program — the U.S. Department of War's rolling declassified UAP file release (Release 01 on 2026-05-08, Release 02 on 2026-05-22) — and is hosted by the Department of Defense via the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS).

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The clip can be viewed and downloaded directly from the official DVIDS asset page. UAP.WATCH does not host the video file directly to preserve the government chain-of-custody for evidentiary footage. All 28 PURSUE videos are linked from the homepage video evidence grid.

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