DOW-UAP-PR069 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The record carries the uploader-defined title "F/A-18 FLIR UAP" and is associated with the United States Northern Command area of responsibility; no confirmed incident date is assigned in the the release record.12
House Request Provenance
The record entered the public catalog through a March 6, 2026 request in which eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives sought access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. AARO identified responsive materials on a classified network and cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
The AARO Assessment
AARO assesses that this clip is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Northern Command area of responsibility in 2022. A user uploaded the video to a classified network in July 2023. In the twenty-nine-second file, a sensor pans to track an area of contrast; at the fourteen-second mark a reticle surrounds the area of contrast; and at the twenty-seven-second mark the reticle loses its track. The uploader title references an F/A-18 FLIR source, but AARO attributes the footage only to a U.S. military platform without confirming the aircraft type.
What The Record Supports
PR069 preserves a brief tracked-then-lost sensor pass and its upload path, not a resolved sighting. AARO presents the description for informational purposes only, with no judgment about the event's validity, nature, or significance, and flags the missing chain-of-custody. Conservatively, the record documents an unresolved infrared track; it does not identify the object or establish anomalous performance.