Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022

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Agency

DoD

Category

military

Type

VIDEO

Event Date

—

Released

2026-05-08

Size

12.2 MB

Location

Iraq

Status

REDACTED

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) 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-D14, described the UAP as a “probable SU-27/35." Video Description: The video depicts two areas of contrast moving together near the center of the field-of-view throughout the runtime.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.AARO Comment: SU-27 and SU-35 are designations for military aircraft operated by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

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:

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Source: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d14-mission-report-iraq-may-2022.pdf