CENTCOM area: Infrared sensor tracks area of contrast on 8 August 2020
On 8 August 2020, according to the uploader-defined title, an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the U.S. Central Command area tracked an area of contrast for about four minutes, zooming in and out several times and changing visual settings.
Background
AARO's official description states that this video of 4 minutes 52 seconds, uploader-titled '08 AUG 2020 [call sign redacted] [call sign redacted] UAP observation', is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2020; a user uploaded it to a classified network in August 2020, and AARO notes that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain of custody. Per the timestamped description, the first 47 seconds have no content; at 00:48 an area of contrast enters from the lower right and exits at the lower left, the sensor pans to hold it in the centre from 00:54, zooms in from 01:10 with the contrast remaining visible at the top of the screen, zooms out and in between 01:38 and 04:07, changes visual settings at 04:08–04:25 while continuing to track, and zooms out and in several times until 04:52. The date comes from the uploader-defined title, the location is undisclosed, and AARO states that the description reflects no analytical judgment about the event's validity, nature or significance. The video was released following a 6 March 2026 request by eight members of the House of Representatives for 51 potentially UAP-related records. The details are taken from the records released by the U.S. Department of War (record code DOW-UAP-PR092) and do not represent an independent determination by From Beyond Space.