PURSUE Release 01 lists DOW-UAP-PR23 as a Department of War video record for an unresolved UAP report associated with Iraq and paired with mission report DoW-UAP-D18.1 The DVIDS record identifies the clip as All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office media, published on May 7, 2026, with a December 1, 2022 date, Iraq location, and VIRIN 221201-D-D0360-5883.2
PR23 Infrared Clip
The public file is a ten-second, 1920x1080 MP4 from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. DVIDS describes the image as an area of contrast moving from the lower left toward the upper right of the sensor field of view, leaving near the upper-right corner at about six seconds.23
The release description is intentionally narrow. It says the video description is informational and should not be read as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's validity, nature, or significance.2
D18 Mission Pairing
The paired D18 PDF is a six-page MISREP declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on October 8, 2025, and approved for release to AARO.4 It places the sortie under Operation Inherent Resolve, lists the mission type as ISR with full-motion video as the primary sensor, and records takeoff from OKAS at 1206Z on December 1, 2022, with landing back at OKAS at 0723Z on December 2.4
The mission report's UAP entry records initial contact at 1620Z on December 1. It lists one UAP sighted, no UAP signatures, and no reported effects on persons. The UAP description says the crew observed one possible UAP/UAV flying west to east near a redacted grid location, did not follow it, continued the assigned mission, and observed no further events.4
Video and MISREP Link
PR23 matters because it preserves the media side of a paired source record: a short public infrared clip, a DVIDS asset page, and a direct MP4 attached to a mission report with timing, sensor, mission, and reporting context.234 The pairing gives researchers a way to compare what the video visibly contains with the contemporaneous operational report, while the release language also makes clear that the public description is not itself an identification or a conclusion.24