DOW-UAP-PR085 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The record's uploader-defined title is "16 Sept 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] observes UAP." According to the PURSUE the release record, the originating agency is the Department of War, the incident date is 2020, and the location is the United States Central Command area of responsibility.12
Provenance And Chain-Of-Custody
The official description places this record inside a broader congressional request. 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, and the release cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.1
AARO assesses that this video is likely derived from a full-motion video camera aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded the clip to a classified network in September 2020. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
What The Clip Shows
The video runs 4 minutes and 44 seconds. The first 1:17 has no content. From 1:18 to 2:24 an area of contrast enters the bottom of the screen and moves upward as the sensor pans and zooms to hold it in the center of the frame. From 2:25 to 4:29 the sensor zooms in, with the area of contrast remaining generally centered. From 4:30 to 4:44 the area of contrast leaves the field-of-view in the lower left quarter of the screen.1
What The Record Supports
DOW-UAP-PR085 documents a sensor track of an unidentified area of contrast and the public release path of that media. AARO states that the description is provided for informational purposes only and should not be read as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's validity, nature, or significance. Taken conservatively, the record preserves an unresolved sensor observation; it does not identify the object or establish anomalous performance.1