Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022

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Agency

DoD

Category

military

Type

VIDEO

Event Date

—

Released

2026-05-08

Size

5.1 MB

Location

Iraq

Status

REDACTED

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of ten seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, described the UAP as "flying west to east."Video Description: The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame.This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

Anomalousness Index: 66/100

Evidentiary weight that this encounter remains unexplained after conventional analysis. Not a probability of extraterrestrial origin.

🤖 AI-ASSISTED SCORING · methodology

sensor quality (single_sensor_military) 80 × 0.25 = 20.0

witness credibility (military_personnel) 80 × 0.2 = 16.0

corroboration (single_witness_instrument) 60 × 0.2 = 12.0

kinematic anomaly (no_kinematic_data) 30 × 0.15 = 4.5

mundane explanation available (weak_mundane_candidate) 70 × 0.1 = 7.0

official disposition (unresolved_no_review) 60 × 0.1 = 6.0

Verification

SHA-256:

d6a177a7004837546b8e3ea12ad0e632d9c31eabca427e05ae6eb9d4e4493f47

Source: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d18-mission-report-iraq-december-2022.pdf