DOW-UAP-PR090 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The uploader-defined title is "24 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] (Mission) Observes UAP." According to the PURSUE release, the originating agency is the Department of War, with an incident date of August 24, 2020 and a location within the United States Central Command area of responsibility.12
Provenance And Chain-Of-Custody
This record entered the public domain through a congressional access 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. AARO identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network and cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.1
AARO assesses that this video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. A user uploaded the clip to a classified network in August 2020. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
What The Clip Shows
The clip runs 4 minutes and 57 seconds, with observable activity confined to the first minute. From 0:00 to 0:03 the sensor tracks an area of contrast moving down the left side of the screen. From 0:03 to 0:21 the sensor pans to hold the area of contrast within the center of its field-of-view. From 0:22 to 1:04 the sensor zooms in on the area of contrast. From 1:05 to 1:14 the area exits and re-enters the field-of-view several times. The remaining span from 1:15 to 4:57 has no content.1
What The Record Supports
DOW-UAP-PR090 documents a brief infrared sensor track of an unidentified area of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO states explicitly that its 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