Over Water

Likely infrared footage its uploader titled as spherical objects near a submarine going in and out of the water, dated 2022/03/25 in the title. AARO’s description records several objects tracked in turn; it doesn’t confirm the water transitions.

A phone recording of an AC-130J gunship’s infrared display, Gulf of Oman, September 2021. Its report describes “cold orbs” about four feet across: two first seen stationary 0–20 ft above the water after a water-activated flare, then about 25 sightings over the sortie.

Four objects cross the frame together. Its uploader titled it a four-object formation over water near Iran, 26 Aug 2022. Central Command.

Titled by its uploader as a “USO” formation, for unidentified submerged objects: four objects crossing the lower frame, in eight minutes of footage. The file notes it was digitally altered before upload.

Titled by its uploader as a spherical object “pulsing over water,” held near the center of the frame for three and a half minutes. The file notes it was digitally altered before upload.

Aegean Sea, October 2023: an object the report has “flying just above the surface of the ocean,” taking multiple 90-degree turns at about 80 mph. The sensor locks on, then loses it against the background and doesn’t regain it before the clip ends. Report: DOW-UAP-D033.

Aegean Sea, October 2023: a small, round object flying low over the ocean toward land. Near the end, the background turns from water to land and the object disappears against it. Report: DOW-UAP-D035.

Gulf of Oman, 2024: an inverted teardrop with a bar hanging beneath it. The observer allowed it might be a reflection off something in the water.

Atlantic, 2020: a “darker, maroonish” object, 12–15 ft tall, drifting with the wind without maneuvering. Report: DOW-UAP-D091.

May 2020: the footage behind DOW-UAP-D038’s “solid white object” moving erratically above the water. A reticle appears but never locks, and the sensor loses it on switching modes.

Titled by its uploader as a formation over the Persian Gulf: 17½ minutes of likely infrared footage in which one area of contrast resolves into several distinct objects at higher zoom.

Likely infrared footage from Central Command, 2019, titled by its uploader as a UAP observation in September 2019 (the title reads 25SEP19; AARO’s description quotes it as 23SEP19). The camera passes a shoreline, then holds on open water as several small objects enter and leave the frame and the sensor pans to track them.

South China Sea, 2024: zoomed in, a “line” of several objects crosses the frame. The sensor follows them for about a minute until they fade with distance.

Yellow Sea, 2023: 19 seconds of infrared as the sensor pans to keep a single object in the center of the frame.

Titled by its uploader as “Dual UAP” over the Gulf of Arabia, May 2020: 30 seconds of several objects entering and leaving the frame.

Longer footage under the same “Dual UAP” title. Zoomed in, the single object resolves into several, which finally leave the frame at the lower right.

A pond in the northeastern U.S., October 2024: a “plasma-like sphere” hovering for about 45 minutes, with one point of light just above the water that didn’t match a reflection.

Pacific Ocean, 2019: the first of five Navy clips shot at the same time, filmed by hand off an infrared display. An object holds near the center for about a minute. The file notes the clips were digitally altered before they reached AARO.

Same 2019 Pacific set: the sensor zooms in on a single object until it fades into the background. Digitally altered before it was reported, per the file.

Same set: an object drifts left and fades, then another appears for the sensor to pick up. Digitally altered before it was reported, per the file.

Same set, shot by hand in low light: the camera pans across several light sources, bringing them in and out of frame for two and a half minutes. Digitally altered before it was reported, per the file.

Same set, shot by hand in low light: the camera follows a single light source in bursts over two and a half minutes. Digitally altered before it was reported, per the file.

The gunship report behind PR117 through PR122: two UAP first seen after a water-activated flare, then about 25 sightings over the sortie that the crew called “cold orbs,” estimated at 250 to 1,300 mph and appearing to react to the aircraft’s weapons. The aircraft’s video recorder wasn’t working.

The debrief behind PR116, the 12–15 ft “maroonish” object over the Atlantic. The report also says it looked like a “large, somewhat deformed balloon.”

The mission report behind PR034: an object “flying just above the surface of the ocean,” taking “multiple 90-degree turns” at about 80 mph.

The mission report behind PR035: an object “flying just above the surface of the ocean,” headed “straight above the ocean towards lands.”

Near Latakia, Syria, November 2016: a P-8A pilot watches an object on the aircraft’s sensor in what looked like “sea skim mode,” at about 500 knots, before losing it after two minutes.

Arabian Gulf, May 2020: a “solid white object” moving erratically above the water, logged as an intrusion into controlled airspace. Video: PR036.

October 2020: a “round, cold object” on infrared at about 20 mph, making abrupt changes of direction.

Gulf of Aden, September 2020: another “round, cold object,” tracked for eight minutes on infrared at 277 mph, making “a few abrupt directional changes.”

Near Puerto Rico, November 1964: the destroyer USS Gyatt’s radar tracks a contact above 3,800 knots, about 4,373 mph, for 21 minutes.

More CIA memos on the same November 1964 incident: a Navy pilot’s “delta-shaped” object at an estimated Mach 3, and the Gyatt’s radar at 3,800 knots. Two CIA assistant directors ruled out U.S. experimental aircraft.