GULF OF OMAN · 2021 [DOW · AC-130J IR]
WATCH IN UMBRA: all six clips, native playback
WHAT THE FOOTAGE SHOWS
U.S. Central Command submitted the report to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The six clips, DOW-UAP-PR117 through DOW-UAP-PR122, were captured at the same time and run from two to 34 seconds. In each one an area of contrast sits near the center of the gunship's infrared sensor, the reticle steady around it. The longest clip, PR121, is the one to watch: between 0:13 and 0:18 a larger area of contrast crosses the frame from bottom to top and comes back in on the left, while a smaller one drops out of the bottom and reappears from the upper right. PR122 covers the same sequence, and in PR120 the sensor switches modes twice and the contrast fades into the background.
WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
This is not native sensor video. Someone aboard filmed the sensor screen with a phone, so the clips carry what AARO calls the limits of a secondary capture: lower resolution, blur, and the flicker you get from filming a display. Most PURSUE videos carry no such caveat. It also means the shapes on screen are softer than the objects were, so the size estimate comes from the report rather than from the pixels.
THE "COLD ORBS" REPORT
An Intelligence Information Report filed with the footage, DOW-UAP-D101, describes the phenomena as "cold orbs" approximately four feet in diameter. On infrared, cold reads as contrast against a warmer background, which fits what the clips show. AARO's own clip descriptions stay deliberately flat, reporting position in frame second by second and stating that nothing in them is an analytical judgment about what the objects were.
WHERE IT SITS IN THE RECORD
Release 05 (August 7, 2026) carried three incident sets of Department of War video: these six Gulf of Oman clips, five from a 2019 Pacific Ocean sighting, and four from the Middle East in 2023 and 2025. The Gulf of Oman set is the strongest new sensor footage since the Navy's Gimbal and GoFast clips, and the only Release 05 set with a size estimate attached. Umbra plays every clip with its full AARO description and links it to the D101 report.
What are the Gulf of Oman 2021 UAP videos?
Six short Department of War clips, case numbers DOW-UAP-PR117 through DOW-UAP-PR122, released in PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026. U.S. Central Command reported them to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). They show an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. Special Operations Forces AC-130J gunship over the Gulf of Oman on September 8, 2021.
What are the "cold orbs"?
That is the wording of an accompanying Intelligence Information Report, DOW-UAP-D101, which describes the phenomena as cold orbs approximately four feet in diameter. On an infrared display, a cold object reads as an area of contrast against a warmer background. AARO's own descriptions of the clips stay neutral: an area of contrast that remains near the center of the sensor's field of view.
Why is the footage blurry?
It is a secondary capture. Someone filmed the gunship's sensor screen with a cellular device, so the clips are not native sensor data. AARO notes this limits fidelity and resolution and can add blurring or flicker, the usual artifacts of filming a screen.
Which clip shows the most movement?
DOW-UAP-PR121, the longest at 34 seconds. Between 0:13 and 0:18 a larger area of contrast crosses from the bottom of the frame to the top and back in on the left, while a smaller one leaves and re-enters from the upper right. AARO notes PR121 overlaps heavily with PR122, which shows the same sequence.
Where can I watch all six Gulf of Oman clips?
Umbra, a free iOS reader of the public PURSUE record, plays every clip natively with AARO's full description and source markings, alongside the intelligence report and the rest of the Department of War collection.
> All six Gulf of Oman clips and the D101 report, on your iPhone.
