DOW-UAP-PR096 is a Department of War video record released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026. The Department of War lists the contributing agency as the Department of War, the incident date as 2018, and the location as the United States Central Command area of responsibility.12
House Request Provenance
The release note attached to this record is the shared House-request provenance statement used across the PURSUE video collection. It states that 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 cautions that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.
AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is "HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs," is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2018. AARO notes that a user uploaded the video to a classified network in July 2020. DVIDS hosts the matching public video entry and a direct MP4 rendition of the clip.34
What The Clip Shows
The AARO description gives the duration as 1 minute 19 seconds and walks through the footage. After an opening segment of no content, two areas of contrast enter the lower right of the screen and exit the bottom; the sensor pans to track and centers them. As the sensor zooms in, one area leaves the frame and the remaining contrast appears as three distinct areas in a generally straight line. The distance between the rightmost area and the center and left areas appears to increase while the center and left areas stay at a roughly fixed distance, and other areas of contrast later enter from the top of the screen.
What The Record Supports
AARO states explicitly that the video description is provided for informational purposes only and that readers should not interpret any part of it as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance. Conservatively, PR096 preserves a short infrared sensor clip and its classified-network upload history with an unsubstantiated chain-of-custody; it does not identify the areas of contrast or establish anomalous performance.