MIDDLE EAST · 2023 [DOW · CENTCOM · IR]
WATCH IN UMBRA: all four clips, native playback
WHAT THE FOOTAGE SHOWS
Each clip is a separate U.S. Central Command report to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). In DOW-UAP-PR149 (2023, 51 seconds), an area of contrast crosses the frame from the bottom right to the lower left in the first four seconds, and the sensor then pans to keep it centered; the cargo ship in the frame is background, not the object AARO describes. In DOW-UAP-PR136 (2023, 30 seconds), the sensor tracks and zooms in on a contrast while a component of the platform passes in front of the sensor, and a reticle briefly surrounds it. DOW-UAP-PR142 (2025, 14 seconds) is the shortest: a contrast enters from the left edge and exits the right in about three seconds. DOW-UAP-PR134 (2025, 1 minute 39 seconds) is the longest, an electro-optical and infrared track left to right across the background, a built-up area seen from above, as the sensor changes mode and magnification several times.
HOW IT DIFFERS FROM THE OTHER RELEASE 05 SETS
AARO does not describe these as secondary captures filmed off a screen, so they lack the blur and flicker that limit the Gulf of Oman and Pacific Ocean clips. They are also four separate events, not one incident filmed from several angles, spread across two years. AARO's descriptions stay deliberately flat, reporting position in frame second by second with no 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 four Middle East clips, six from a 2021 Gulf of Oman sighting, and five from a 2019 Pacific Ocean sighting. Umbra plays every clip with its full AARO description.
What are the Middle East UAP videos?
Four short Department of War clips, DOW-UAP-PR134, PR136, PR142 and PR149, released in PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026. Each is a separate report from U.S. Central Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), two from 2023 and two from 2025.
What do the clips show?
In each, a military infrared sensor follows an area of contrast across or within its field of view. PR149 and PR142 show the clearest transits across the frame; PR136 is partly blocked by a component of the platform; PR134 is a long track over the ground with several changes of sensor mode.
Is the ship in the footage the UAP?
No. In DOW-UAP-PR149 a cargo ship sits in the background. AARO's description concerns a separate area of contrast that crosses the frame and is then tracked by the sensor.
Where exactly were they recorded?
The public record gives only the Middle East and the year for these four clips, not a specific location.
Where can I watch all four Middle East 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 rest of the Department of War collection.
> All four Middle East clips, with AARO's full descriptions, on your iPhone.
