PURSUE Release 01: DOW-UAP-PR38, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2013

DOW-UAP-PR38 is a Department of War PURSUE Release 01 video record for a 2013 Middle East report submitted by United States Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. DVIDS lists the asset as courtesy B-roll from AARO, video ID 1006088, VIRIN 130102-D-D0360-8893, published on May 8, 2026, with an undisclosed location and a listed media date of January 1, 2013.¹²

  PR38 Infrared Clip

The record contains one minute and 46 seconds of infrared-sensor footage from a U.S. military platform. The description says the reporter provided no oral or written account of the observation, so the public narrative is a video description rather than a witness statement.²³

DVIDS describes an area of contrast resembling an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length. At 00:10, the sensor narrows its field of view to zoom in. From 00:11 to 00:29, the contrast area moves within the field of view with a visible trail, then leaves the frame at the lower right at 00:30. After an apparent cut, it generally remains within view from 00:35 to 01:44 before exiting from the upper-left quarter of the screen.²

The release caution keeps the description narrow: it is informational and should not be treated as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's validity, nature, or significance.¹²

  Aircraft Label

The Department of War release metadata associates PR38 with the agency, location, direct DVIDS video ID, and a secondary video-title field reading "Resolved as an Aircraft, Middle East 2013." The same row does not name a paired PDF document or provide a remote PDF/image link, unlike many PURSUE entries that attach a mission report, range-fouler form, or other Department of War record.¹²

That context matters because the public media title remains "Unresolved UAP Report," while the release metadata preserves a separate resolved-aircraft label without an accompanying explanatory document. The responsible reading is therefore to keep the two facts distinct: the public clip documents the released infrared excerpt and timestamped visual description, while the CSV context indicates a Department of War catalog association with an aircraft resolution label.¹²

  Media-Only Limits

PR38 is useful because it shows the evidentiary limits of a media-only release item. The record gives provenance, runtime, sensor type, command source, public hosting metadata, a direct MP4, and timestamped viewing notes, but it does not provide a reporter narrative or a paired explanatory PDF.²³

It also shows why catalog context cannot be flattened into a single headline. The DVIDS title, the Department of War release row, and the direct media file together preserve a chain from USCENTCOM sensor footage to AARO publication, while also warning readers not to infer a final analytical conclusion from the video description alone.¹²³

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  References

1. war.gov ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. dvidshub.net ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

3. d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net ↩ ↩² ↩³