DOD_109584436.mp4
Summary: Infrared footage shows an unidentified object, initially thought to be a UAP, moving across the sky. Analysis by AARO suggests it is likely a commercial aircraft, and a visible trailing effect is a sensor artifact.
The video begins with an 'Unclassified' notice, detailing it as footage from mission report 8339574, dated 15 JAN 23 at 1251Z. The main segment of the video, captured by an MQ-9 forward-looking infrared sensor in South Asia, displays a thermal view of the sky. An aircraft-like object, appearing dark against the lighter sky, traverses the screen from left to right. This object exhibits an apparent atmospheric wake or cavitation. According to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), after extensive analysis including commercial flight data, the object is likely a commercial aircraft, and the trailing effect is attributed to a sensor artifact resulting from video compression. The footage was presented by Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, with final case resolution pending.
Playback guide
1. start: 00:00 end: 00:02 label: Opening screen with 'Unclassified' text and mission report details. 2. start: 00:02 end: 00:06 label: Thermal imaging of the sky with a crosshair, showing an aircraft-like object moving from left to right. 3. start: 00:06 end: 00:10 label: The aircraft-like object continues its trajectory across the thermal image, with a faint trail visible behind it, as another smaller, fainter object briefly appears on the right.