Phenomenon type
IR / thermal video
Infrared or thermal video is the primary sensor product. Includes ATFLIR, MWIR, and SWIR variants across DoD platforms.
15 cases in the archive
- CENTCOM · 2024-10-08 · unresolvedSyria October 2024 Mission Report
Mission narrative report documenting an unidentified airborne object observed during US operations in Syria, October 2024.
- CENTCOM · 2024-06-12 · unresolvedUAE June 2024, Inverted Teardrop
21-second infrared video of an inverted-teardrop-shaped object with an apparent vertical pole or bar feature, observed off the UAE coast in June 2024.
- INDOPACOM · 2024-04-10 · unresolvedJapan Football-Shaped Object
Indo-Pacific Command imagery and 9-second IR clip showing a football-shaped body with three radial projections, observed near Japan.
- CENTCOM · 2024-01-15 · unresolvedGreece SWIR Diamond, January 2024
Multi-sensor capture of a diamond-shaped object moving at approximately 800 km/h, detectable only via short-wave infrared. A separate Greece encounter from the October 2023 series.
- CENTCOM · 2023-10-22 · unresolvedUAE October 2023, Companion Stills
Companion observation set from the UAE October 2023 encounter cluster, distinct from but related to the primary 43-second annotated clip.
- CENTCOM · 2023-10-20 · unresolvedUAE Coastal Encounter
43-second clip and companion stills from US Central Command observing an elongated object off the UAE coast, October 2023.
- CENTCOM · 2023-08-15 · unresolvedGreece 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.
- CENTCOM · 2022-12-01 · unresolvedIraq Small UAP Encounter
10-second IR sensor footage paired with mission reports describing a small unidentified object observed during ISR operations in Iraq, December 2022.
- CENTCOM · 2022-05-15 · unresolvedIraq May 2022, Baghdad Phantom
ISR mission infrared footage from May 2022 supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, capturing an unidentified small object during routine surveillance over Iraq.
- DoD · 2019-07-15 · unresolvedUSS Omaha Pyramid Footage
Navy night-vision video from the USS Omaha and adjacent vessels captured multiple pyramid-shaped objects circling the ships off San Diego. The footage was leaked publicly in 2021 and subsequently authenticated by the Dep...
- CENTCOM · 2016-11-20 · unresolvedSyria November 2016 Mission Report
Earlier-decade mission report documenting an unidentified airborne object observed during US operations in Syria, November 2016.
- DoD · 2015-01-21 · contestedGimbal Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video showing an apparently rotating glowing object filmed by an F/A-18F from the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, with audio capturing aircrew reactions to a 'whole fleet' of similar o...
- DoD · 2015-01-20 · explainedGoFast Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video appearing to show a small object skimming rapidly above the ocean surface, with aircrew exclaiming 'Look at that thing! It's flying!'
- DoD · 2013-04-25 · contestedAguadilla CBP Thermal Video
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released approximately three minutes of thermal video showing an unidentified object passing rapidly across the runway at Rafael Hernández Airport, briefly entering the water and contin...
- DoD · 2004-11-14 · unresolvedUSS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
Multi-day series of radar contacts and visual encounters by F/A-18F crews from Strike Fighter Squadron 41 with a small white object resembling a Tic Tac, observed near the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group during pre-deplo...