{"type":"events","slug":"2016-mosul-orb-uap-footage","title":"Mosul Orb UAP Footage","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2016-mosul-orb-uap-footage","description":"CIA-operated MC-12 filmed a metallic orb over Mosul in 2016; footage released publicly in 2025","date":"2016-04-16T09:47:00.000Z","tags":["Sighting"],"updated":"2025-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"status":"unresolved","lat":36.343694,"lng":43.099716,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"On April 16, 2016 an MC-12 surveillance platform flying over Mosul, Iraq filmed a shiny orb using full motion video. The object crossed the frame laterally for about a second of a four-second clip and showed no obvious means of propulsion.[^1] Initial analysis at DGS-1 in Virginia could not identify the craft.[^2] Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp released a still frame from the footage in January 2023 on their Weaponized podcast.[^3] They published the entire video on July 1, 2025, describing it as evidence of UAP in an active conflict zone.[^4] Officials including Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick said the case remained under study.[^5]\n\n[^1]: https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/news-1/mosul-orb-ufo\n[^2]: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2023/01/25/UFO-like-orb-spotted-flying-over-Iraq-s-Mosul-in-2016-image-released-by-US-officials\n[^3]: https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/news-1/mosul-orb-ufo\n[^4]: https://www.weaponizedpodcast.com/episodes-3/episode-81\n[^5]: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6325451952112","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2016-mosul-orb-uap-footage","title":"Mosul Orb UAP Footage","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/2016-mosul-orb-uap-footage","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["MC-12 reconnaissance crew","DGS-1 analysts","Jeremy Corbell","George Knapp"],"evidence":["Full motion video","Still image"]}