Army PR49 Release
DOW-UAP-PR49 is a Department of War PURSUE Release 01 video record released on May 8, 2026. The release CSV marks it redacted, lists type VID, gives agency Department of War, incident date N/A, incident location North America, DVIDS video ID 1006111, and video title Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army 2026.12
DVIDS published the corresponding record as DOW-UAP-PR49, Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army, 2026, a courtesy B-roll item associated with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Its metadata gives an undisclosed release location, a 16:9 video asset, and a direct MP4 rendition in the DOD_111689168 file set.34
Infrared Tracking Timeline
The official description says the Department of the Army submitted a UAP report to AARO consisting of one minute and 49 seconds of infrared-sensor video from a U.S. military platform in 2026. It also says the reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.23
The timeline begins with the sensor tracking an initial area of interest from 00:00 to 00:08. From 00:09 to 00:16, the sensor leaves the earlier focus, pans right to left, narrows its field of view, and follows two areas of contrast while keeping them generally near center.23
From 00:17 to 01:03, the sensor widens its field of view and continues centering the contrast areas. From 01:04 to 01:08, rapid zoom changes make those areas appear to grow and shrink, and from 01:09 to 01:48 the sensor keeps tracking them while intermittently cycling contrast settings.23
The description is cautionary rather than interpretive. The release says the timestamped account is informational only and should not be treated as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event.23
No Companion PDF
The release metadata does not pair PR49 with a Department of War PDF, image, mission report, range-fouler form, or email record. Its video pairing, PDF pairing, and PDF/image link fields are blank, so the public package for this item is the release entry, the DVIDS page, and the direct MP4.234
That absence matters because many PURSUE video rows are strengthened by companion D-numbered reports that preserve observer narrative, mission context, platform circumstances, or handling notes. PR49 instead stands as a media-only Army submission: a sensor timeline, broad North America location label, AARO provenance, and no reporter statement or document-backed operational context.23
Evidence And Limits
PR49 matters because it is a current-era Army UAP media record in a release otherwise filled heavily with older historical PDFs and other command-sourced sensor clips. It gives researchers a directly inspectable infrared video with release provenance while keeping clear limits around what the clip can establish.1234
The record is strongest as evidence of reporting and release handling, not identification. It documents that an Army-originated 2026 observation reached AARO and was published with a public MP4, while the available record does not resolve what the tracked contrast areas were, where exactly they were collected, or what operational circumstances produced the footage.234