Greece IR Encounter
2:57 IR video of a white object near the ocean surface making multiple 90-degree turns at approximately 80 mph, captured aboard a US military platform.
DOW-UAP-PR34: 2:57 IR sensor video of a white object near the ocean surface, making multiple 90-degree turns at approximately 80 mph. Recorded by US Central Command, October 2023.
AARO / US Central Command
DOW-UAP-PR35: companion 24-second IR video from the same Greece October 2023 encounter series.
AARO / US Central Command
Official description
Multi-sensor infrared footage submitted by US Central Command, two minutes and fifty-seven seconds long, depicting a small white object tracked through multiple sharp directional changes near the sea surface.
Editor's context
The flagship case of the May 8, 2026 release. Strong on provenance and sensor chain. Object resolution is limited and the video alone does not include corroborating radar tracks; researchers are calling for the raw flight envelope and targeting pod data to be released.
In the margins
Transcribed redactions, stamps, and handwritten markings, the paratext of the file. Often the most human part of a declassified document, and worth reading on its own.
- Stampp. video headerDECLASSIFIED PER PURSUE, May 8, 2026
- Stampp. DVIDS metadataU.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, DOW-UAP-PR34
- AnnotationRecording length: 2 minutes 57 seconds. Sensor: multi-modal military platform with infrared as primary feed.
- AnnotationReported behavior: object held altitude near sea surface, performed at least four 90-degree heading changes within the observation window, sustained approximately 80 mph throughout.
- AnnotationCompanion files: DOW-UAP-PR35 (24-second related capture), DOW-UAP-D33 + D35 (mission narrative reports for the encounter series).
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U.S. Central Command. "Greece IR Encounter." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-08. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006080/dow-uap-pr34-unresolved-uap-report-greece-october-2023. Accessed 2026-05-12 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/greece-centcom-ir-2023.
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