Gulf of Oman 2021, six-video CENTCOM cluster
Six-video cluster from a September 8, 2021 event window in the Gulf of Oman: DOW-UAP-PR117 through PR122. First substantive PURSUE cluster from the Gulf of Oman AOR. Released through PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026.
DOW-UAP-PR117, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
DOW-UAP-PR118, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
DOW-UAP-PR119, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
DOW-UAP-PR120, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
DOW-UAP-PR121, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
DOW-UAP-PR122, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021.
US Department of War / DVIDS
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DOW-UAP-PR117 · video · Release 05
DOW-UAP-PR122 · video · Release 05
Provenance metadataFields marked “not disclosed” are transparent gaps in the release, not omissions on our end.
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- Weather / visibility
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Official description
DOW-UAP-PR117 through DOW-UAP-PR122: six numbered Unresolved UAP Report videos submitted through Central Command with a common Date-Taken of 2021-09-08 per DVIDS metadata. Each is a separate sensor capture of what appears to be the same or a related engagement window; individual PR videos vary in duration and platform.
Editor's context
The Gulf of Oman geography is CENTCOM AOR sitting between the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea. The 2021 date places these captures roughly a year before the Bray/Moultrie hearing, when the UAP Task Force was still active as the direct predecessor to AARO. Six independent captures of one event window are analytically useful: they let researchers cross-reference sensor angles, motion vectors, and platform geometry in a way single-sensor releases do not.
Prevailing explanation
What scientists and analysts generally think
AARO has not adjudicated the cluster to a conventional explanation as of release. The high-density CENTCOM ISR environment in the Gulf of Oman means the residual set after ordinary-object exclusions (drones, balloons, other aircraft) is smaller than in less-monitored theatres, but the number of PURSUE-listed unresolved cases from the same window is unusually high.
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- Stampp. DVIDS metadataU.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, DOW-UAP-PR117 through PR122
- StampDECLASSIFIED PER PURSUE, August 7, 2026
- AnnotationDVIDS Date-Taken (per PR117 metadata): 2021-09-08.
- AnnotationSix-video cluster from a single mission window. First substantive PURSUE addition from the Gulf of Oman geography.
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U.S. Central Command. "Gulf of Oman 2021, six-video CENTCOM cluster." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-08-07. File ID: PURSUE DOW-UAP-PR117 through PR122. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1017793. Accessed 2026-08-12 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/gulf-of-oman-2021-cluster.
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