DOW-UAP-PR079 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. According to the PURSUE release, the originating agency is the Department of War, with an incident date of October 2020 and a location within the United States Central Command area of responsibility.12
A House-Requested Record
The PR079 description opens with the shared provenance note for this group of Department of War videos. 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. AARO identified responsive materials on a classified network and cautions that many lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.1
AARO Assessment of the Clip
AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is "29 October 2020 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) observes 3 fast moving UAP's," is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in October 2020. A user uploaded it to a classified network in October 2020. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
The four-minute clip shows the sensor panning and cycling its zoom to track an area of contrast. At approximately 01:02, a second area of contrast enters the frame from the top left quarter of the screen; both remain in frame for roughly 15 seconds before the sensor pans to follow one and the other exits at the bottom. The area tracked subsequently becomes increasingly indistinct against the background, with later passages marked as no content. The uploader title references three objects; AARO states the description is informational only and should not be read as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event.1
What The Record Supports
PR079 establishes that AARO located an uploader-titled infrared clip on a classified network and assessed its likely platform, region, and timeframe. It does not identify the areas of contrast or establish anomalous performance; the record remains unresolved, not identified.1