Department of the Army / Western United States, 2026-05-08
Centered on PR49 video and linked western United States event slides.
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DVIDS official page text
The Department of the Army submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 49 seconds of video from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2026. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.
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- Video description: 00:00-00:08: The sensor tracks an initial area of interest. 00:09-00:16: The sensor disengages from its previous area of focus and pans from right to left to track two areas of contrast, narrowing the field-of-view to zoom in while panning to maintain the objects' positions generally within the center of the frame. 00:17-01:03: The sensor widens its field-of-view to zoom out, keeping the areas of contrast generally centered within the display. 01:04-01:08: The sensor field-of-view rapidly cycles between levels of zoom, causing the areas of contrast to appear to rapidly increase and decrease in size. 01:09-01:48: The sensor tracks the areas of contrast while maintaining a generally centered position, intermittently cycling between contrast settings.
- The title marks this as unresolved, so the page should not present it as conclusively attributed.
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- 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.
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Document summary
A federal law enforcement slide deck describing four UAP sightings in the Western U.S. by teams of special agents (USPER1–USPER7). Events include orange "mother" orbs launching smaller red orbs, a large hovering fiery orb near a rock pinnacle, and two pre-dawn "kite-shaped" objects — one dark, one apparently transparent — that moved with "zero resistance."
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- "Orbs Launching Orbs": three two-agent teams independently saw orange orbs emit groups of 2–4 red orbs at dusk over two days, on at least five occasions.
- "Large, Fiery Orb": agents observed a glowing orange orb hovering near a rock pinnacle; AARO later assessed it at ~1050 m away and 12–18 m in diameter.
- "Dark Kite" and "Transparent Kite": two pre-dawn objects near a restricted zone moved laterally without changing height; AARO later described them as triangular.
- Witnesses reported no sound, and in one case apparent transparency — stars were faintly visible through the object under night-vision goggles.
Official note
- Witness descriptions are subjective and were recorded in low-light conditions; AARO follow-up measurements differ from the agents' initial estimates.
- This summary is AI-generated from the document text for navigation purposes only and is not an official analysis or conclusion.
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