PURSUE Release 01: DOW-UAP-PR21, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022

DOW-UAP-PR21 is the PURSUE Release 01 video record for an unresolved Iraq UAP report released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026.¹ The release catalog identifies it as a Department of War video entry paired with DoW-UAP-D14, a written mission report from May 2022.¹²

The DVIDS record was published by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office on May 7, 2026, under the title "DOW-UAP-PR21, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022." It describes ten seconds of infrared footage from a U.S. military platform submitted by United States Central Command to AARO, with the visible content described as two areas of contrast moving together near the center of the field of view for the runtime.²

The direct MP4 release asset is embedded below.³

  D14 Mission Pairing

The paired Department of War document is DoW-UAP-D14, a nine-page mission report originally marked SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and later declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on October 8, 2025.⁴ The release title labels the record as Iraq, while the report's readable mission context points to a USEUCOM air-domain ISR sortie involving the Eastern Mediterranean and Syrian Navy operating areas; that geographic tension is part of the public record rather than something the PDF resolves.¹⁴

The sortie departed Sigonella Air Base at 1355Z on May 29, 2022, collected SIGINT and imagery intelligence, and worked tasking tied to those Eastern Mediterranean and Syrian Navy areas.⁴ The mission report also records conventional military observations, including Russian-linked ships and aircraft, a reaction by one to three aircraft including a possible Russian Air Force SU-30, and a separate observation of one probable SU-27/35 landing near 0011Z on May 30.⁴

The UAP section records initial contact at 0117Z on May 30, 2022, with the friendly platform at flight level 240 and 142 KIAS.⁴ It lists one UAP sighted, no recorded UAP signatures, and no stated altitude, velocity, or trajectory for the object; the narrative says the object flew north to northeast, was followed as long as possible, and could not be positively identified by the screener.⁴

  From Sensor Clip to MISREP

PR21 matters because it connects a short public video record to the operational paperwork behind it. The DVIDS media entry, the PURSUE catalog, and the declassified MISREP together show how an infrared sensor clip, a screener's unresolved identification, and a classified ISR mission report became an AARO release item.¹²⁴

The record is also useful because it shows the limits of the evidence. AARO's video description is informational rather than an analytical conclusion, and the paired report places the UAP entry beside nearby conventional aircraft observations, including the probable SU-27/35 note that the PR21 description highlights and AARO identifies as a Russian military aircraft designation.²⁴

  References

  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

2. dvidshub.net ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net ↩

4. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸