DOW-UAP-PR072 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The record's uploader-defined title is "ADMINISTRATIVE REVISION: IIR 1777 J0032 22 Kazakhstan - UAP in the vicinity of Karaganda International Airport." The originating agency is the Department of War; the incident year is 2022; the incident location is Kazakhstan.12
House Request Provenance
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. AARO cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO Assessment
AARO assesses that this clip is likely derived from a commercially available cellular device's rear-facing camera and was recorded in February 2022. A user uploaded the video to a classified network in April 2023. AARO states explicitly that this media was digitally altered prior to its upload and is presented as received. The seventeen-second file contains no content from 00:00 to 00:03; from 00:04 to 00:12 the video fades in from black to show a luminous phenomenon with trails of diminishing brightness extending from the center, as the camera pans left and right and zooms in on the phenomenon; the video fades to black at 00:13, with no content from 00:14 to 00:17. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
What The Record Supports
PR072 is consumer-camera footage, not a military sensor feed, and AARO explicitly notes it was digitally altered before upload. That alteration, combined with the missing chain-of-custody, sharply limits the record's evidentiary weight. AARO presents its description for informational purposes only, expressly declining to make any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance. Conservatively, the record documents an altered cellphone clip of a luminous phenomenon reported near Karaganda International Airport; it does not identify the object or establish that the imagery faithfully represents any original event.