CENTCOM · 2018-2022 [DOW · CENTCOM · IR]
WATCH IN UMBRA: all the clips, native playback
WHAT RELEASE 02 ADDED
Release 02 carried a different kind of material from the first release. On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives asked for access to 51 potentially UAP-related records said to be held by the Department of War and the intelligence community. AARO found responsive material on a classified network and notes that much of it lacks a documented chain of custody, so the clips are presented as received and the titles on them are the uploaders' own, not the government's.
THE CLIPS BY DATE
Earliest are four, from 2018 and 2019. PR096, titled for 3 July 2018, shows two areas of contrast that enter the lower right and exit the bottom; when the sensor zooms in, one of them appears as three distinct areas in a straight line. PR097 and PR099 are two "Hi-Res" clips of the same day, 25 September 2019. PR098, titled "UFOs in formation over Persian Gulf?", runs 17 minutes 36 seconds. In 2020 come PR094 (13 February, electro-optical and infrared), PR093 and PR095 (5 May, titled "Gulf of Arabia ... Dual UAP," at 30 seconds and 4 minutes 49), PR059 (1 June, tracked with a reticle for about three minutes), then a run from August to November: PR092 (8 August), PR091 (21 August, titled for the Persian Gulf), PR090 (24 August), PR088 and PR089 (31 August, two parts), PR087 (5 September), PR085 and PR084 (16 and 17 September, full-motion video camera), PR083 (7 October), PR080 (20 October), PR079 (29 October), and PR077 and PR078 (2 November, "1 of 2" and "2 of 2"). Later: PR076 (3 January 2021), PR074 (13 June 2022) and PR050 (26 August 2022, four areas of contrast crossing the frame).
WHAT TO NOTICE
Many clips are mostly empty. PR091 has no content for the first 3 minutes 7 seconds, PR084 shows one three-second transit in over four minutes, and long empty stretches are common across the set. Several uploads were made within weeks of the recording, for example August 2020 clips uploaded in August 2020. And three clips share a pattern AARO reports without comment: in PR095, PR096 and PR098, an area of contrast that looks like one object at low zoom resolves into several distinct areas at higher magnification. Whether that is separate objects or a sensor effect, the descriptions do not say.
THE TITLES ARE THE UPLOADERS'
"Dual UAP," "3 fast moving UAP's" (PR079) and "UFOs in formation" are the uploaders' words. AARO's descriptions say only "an area of contrast" and, where it applies, that a second one enters the frame; in PR079 two areas are in the frame together for about 15 seconds. Counts, speeds and formations in the titles are not verified by anything in the record.
WHERE IT SITS IN THE RECORD
These clips are the bulk of Central Command's contribution to Release 02 (May 22, 2026). The first release's Central Command clips are covered in The Middle East videos, 2013 and 2020, and the same release's most discussed clip in The Syria videos. Umbra plays every clip with AARO's full description.
What are the CENTCOM UAP videos in Release 02?
More than twenty infrared and full-motion video clips from U.S. Central Command sensors, mostly from 2020, released in PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026, with titles written by the uploaders.
What does "Gulf of Arabia Dual UAP" mean?
It is the uploader's title for DOW-UAP-PR093 and PR095, dated 5 May 2020. AARO's descriptions refer to areas of contrast; in PR095, a single area appears as multiple distinct areas at higher magnification.
Are the CENTCOM clips authenticated?
AARO says much of the Release 02 material lacks a substantiated chain of custody, so the clips are published as received from a classified network.
Why are so many clips empty?
Many are about five minutes long with the object visible for a few seconds, or intermittently. AARO's descriptions list the empty stretches as "no content."
Where can I watch all the CENTCOM clips?
Umbra, a free iOS reader of the public PURSUE record, plays every clip natively with AARO's full description and source markings.
> Every CENTCOM clip, with AARO's full descriptions, on your iPhone.
