Unresolved UAP Report: Iraq, December 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR23)

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of ten seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D18, described the UAP as "flying west to east." Video Description: The video depicts an area of contrast moving from the bottom left to the top right of the sensor field-of-view. At approximately six seconds, the area of contrast leaves the sensor field-of-view near the top right corner of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

**Released as part of PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026).** The Department of War published the following primary-source records:

- **DOW-UAP-PR23, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022** (Department of War, 2022-06-15 · Iraq) — 6 pages.

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*Skeleton import — comprehensive narrative analysis pending. Sources are linked above; OCR-extracted text from the page images is available in the [PURSUE Open Atlas dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/alex-zhang42/ufo-pursue-open-atlas) (CC0).*

### From the declassified record

**Excerpted narrative (verbatim, with redactions indicated):**

> ~~(S/~~ 1.4a ~~)~~ AT 1206Z,~~1.4a~~ TOOK OFF FROM OKAS. AT 1220Z,~~1.4a~~ HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 1323Z TO 0626Z,~~1.4a~~ COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z,~~1.4a~~ SUPPORTED TH~~1.4a~~ TO OP~~1.4a~~ (OBJ ~~1.4a~~ 1.4a IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. SEE ISR LINE 1. AT 1620

*Direct excerpt from the declassified document. Full document linked above.*