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Middle East

The Middle East is one of the strongest location clusters in the archive, spanning video-linked AARO records and older report sets.

Overview

Middle East records are grouped here by location context while remaining linked to their individual cases and source files. The grouping keeps separate events visible instead of treating the region as one single record.

Key facts

  • Middle East records include 2013, 2020, 2022, 2023, and 2024 case groups.
  • Several records are video-linked and preserve official source-page context.
  • The records can be reviewed by year, source type, and related case group.

Related archive cases

Video-linked records1 Videos

Unresolved UAP Report: Middle East 2024

This video is provided for informational purposes only. Viewers should not interpret any part of the video description below as reflecting an analytic judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance. Viewers should not interpret the absence of a formal assessment as suggestive of anomalous characteristics. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office received a report from a U.S. military Service consisting of six minutes and forty-one seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. The recording, captured in the Middle East in 2024, depicts an apparent thermal contrast within the sensor’s field of view. The area of apparent contrast exhibited characteristics that may be consistent with the presence of a physical object. However, due to the absence of corroborating telemetry or multi-modal sensor data, AARO cannot determine whether the observed signature represents a sensor artifact or a thermal emission or reflection from a physical source. The available data does not support a conclusive analytic evaluation.

Video-linked records1 Videos

Unresolved UAP Report: Middle East 2023

This video is provided for informational purposes only. Viewers should not interpret any part of the video description below as reflecting an analytic judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance. Viewers should not interpret the absence of a formal assessment as suggestive of anomalous characteristics. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office received a report from a U.S. military Service consisting of eight minutes and fifteen seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. The recording, captured in the Middle East in 2023, depicts an apparent thermal contrast within the sensor’s field of view. The area of apparent contrast exhibited characteristics that may be consistent with the presence of a physical object. However, due to the absence of corroborating telemetry or multi-modal sensor data, AARO cannot determine whether the observed signature represents a sensor artifact or a thermal emission or reflection from a physical source. The available data does not support a conclusive analytic evaluation.

Video-linked records1 Videos1 PDF

Middle East, 2022-05

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Video-linked records8 Videos16 PDF

Middle East / Gulf series, 2020

The 2020 Middle East video titles are broad, so Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, and Iran reports are grouped together.

Video-linked records1 Videos

Middle East, 2013

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