{"type":"events","slug":"2024-middle-east-red-balloon","title":"Middle East Red Balloon","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2024-middle-east-red-balloon","description":"Full-motion military video showed reflective foil balloon drifting slowly over desert region in 2024","date":"2024-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Sighting"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":6,"status":"resolved","connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"A U.S. military platform collected **96 seconds** of daylight full-motion video depicting a reddish, spheroidal target gliding at modest speed over the Middle East.\n\nFrame-by-frame analysis by AARO linked its motion to local wind vectors and highlighted specular flashes typical of metallised party balloons. Based on morphology, photometrics, and environmental data, AARO judged the object almost certainly a consumer-grade reflective foil balloon, assigning ≥95 % likelihood.[^1]\n\n[Video](https://www.dvidshub.net/video/964843/middle-east-red-balloon-2024)\n\n[^1]: [AARO Official UAP Imagery – Middle East Red Balloon](https://www.dvidshub.net/video/964843/middle-east-red-balloon-2024)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"locations","slug":"gulf-of-aden","title":"Gulf of Aden","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/gulf-of-aden"},"direction":"inbound","weight":2}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2024-middle-east-red-balloon","title":"Middle East Red Balloon","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/2024-middle-east-red-balloon","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"evidence":["Video"]}