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SF-2026-000477UnverifiedAliens & UAPs

PR-001, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa 2022

According to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), in 2022 the United States Africa Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon consisting of thirty-one seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. AARO states the footage shows an apparent heat signature with characteristics consistent with those of a physical object, but that it cannot determine whether the observed signature originates from a physical source (thermal emission or reflection) or another source such as an environmental heat differential or sensor display error. AARO assesses the available data is insufficient to evaluate the phenomenon's performance characteristics, and the case remains unresolved. The file is a silent infrared video; no extractable text is present, and this summary is drawn from the AARO hosting page context.

Source: AARO — Official UAP Imageryd34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.netIncident 2022Released Aug 2025Discovered Jul 2, 202638.2 MBvideo
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Description

An AARO-released infrared video file (31 seconds) submitted by U.S. Africa Command in 2022 documenting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform over Africa. The footage shows an apparent heat signature that AARO could not conclusively attribute to a physical source.

Claims

  • In 2022, U.S. Africa Command submitted a report of a UAP consisting of 31 seconds of infrared video to AARO.

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  • The footage shows an apparent heat signature with characteristics consistent with those of a physical object.

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  • AARO cannot determine whether the signature originates from a physical source, an environmental heat differential, or sensor display error.

    90%
  • Available data is insufficient to evaluate the phenomenon's performance characteristics.

    90%

Events

  1. Dec 31, 2021

    UAP infrared footage captured over Africa

    An infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform recorded 31 seconds of footage of an apparent heat signature.

  2. Jul 31, 2025

    AARO release of PR-001 imagery

    AARO published the video as part of its Official UAP Imagery collection.

Dates mentioned

20222025-08

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