PURSUE Record · Release 02

DOW-UAP-PR051

Agency: Department of War · Type: Video · Date: 2021 · Location: Syria (CENTCOM) · Status: Unresolved

Official U.S. Government footage (DOW-UAP-PR051), served from DVIDS. If the player does not load, watch it on dvidshub.net.

Official description

Infrared sensor footage recorded over Syria in 2021 by CENTCOM assets. The object crosses the frame with no visible means of propulsion or aerodynamic control surfaces before exhibiting what analysts describe as instant acceleration, reaching speeds that defeat standard military tracking sensors. Duration 5:02.

Curator's note

The longest continuous UAP sensor recording the government has published — over five minutes, where most public clips run seconds. That length matters: minutes of stable, boring transit establish the object's baseline before the departure event, and both regimes live in one unbroken recording from one sensor. What the video cannot give you is range, and therefore true size and speed; infrared alone measures angular motion. Striking numbers have attached to this file in circulation (hover to Mach 5 in 0.1 seconds, acoustic data, transmedium trajectories) — we cannot trace them to the published record and recommend you ignore any characterization, including ours, in favor of watching all five minutes yourself. The honest summary is the release's own: no visible propulsion, then acceleration beyond the sensor's tracking capability.

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