AFRICOM area: Infrared sensor captures brief transit of a contrast on 16 October 2020
On 16 October 2020, according to the uploader-defined title, an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the U.S. Africa Command area recorded an area of contrast crossing the frame from the middle left to the upper right within about one second.
Background
AARO's official description states that this video of 4 minutes 46 seconds, uploader-titled '16 OCT 2020 [call sign redacted] views UAP', is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility in 2020; a user uploaded it to a classified network in October 2020, and AARO notes that many of these materials lack a substantiated chain of custody. The only described content is at 00:28–00:29, when an area of contrast transits the frame from the middle left side to the upper right side. 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-PR082) and do not represent an independent determination by From Beyond Space.