DOW-UAP-PR060, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2"

Investigation reading

This Release 02 item is official Department of War/PURSUE manifest row 120. The manifest title is DOW-UAP-PR060, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2". Open Sky treats Spherical UAP, [CALLSIGN], and obj 2 as source/catalog wording, not as a conclusion about object identity, shape, origin, or anomalous performance.

The selected row points to DVIDS video ID 1007734. The DVIDS page currently resolves to https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007734/dow-uap-pr060-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-obj-2, carries the same title as the manifest, and exposes a direct official MP4 for DOD_111719823.mp4.

The official release text says eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access on March 6, 2026 to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community; AARO identified responsive materials on a classified network; and many of those materials lack a substantiated chain of custody. For this video, the source says AARO assesses the clip is likely derived from a full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2021, and says a user uploaded it to a classified network in June 2024. Those are source statements, not independent Open Sky findings.

What the released item appears to contain

The downloaded MP4 is a 4 minute, 50.4 second, 1280×720 H.264 video. The visible presentation is consistent with a redacted sensor/display recording: broad black masks obscure parts of the interface, cyan/teal overlay marks and reticle-like elements appear over the imagery, and the underlying scene changes between high-contrast textured land/terrain, cloud/haze, coastline- or water-like regions, and other bright/dark surface patterns. The public MP4 does not include readable platform identity, calibrated sensor data, range, altitude, exact geolocation, or raw telemetry.

The official source description divides the clip this way:

• 00:00–00:26 — an area of contrast transits the sensor field of view from right to left while the sensor pans and zooms in and out to track it.
• 00:27–02:04 — the area of contrast re-enters the sensor field of view while the sensor pans left and up to track it.
• 02:05–04:50 — the sensor refocuses on the original subject matter of the video.

Sampled-frame review supports cautious language only. The full-frame contact sheet shows changing redacted sensor views with black interface masks and small cyan/teal marks. The center-crop sheet makes the reticle/overlay pattern easier to see against strongly textured terrain or cloud/ground/water-like backgrounds. In the source-described contrast windows through about 01:45, the sampled frames show ridged and mottled light/dark regions and possible tiny specks or streaks, but the cyan marks are overlay/display elements and there is no single continuously clear shape in the still samples that can be identified or measured. These samples do not establish object identity, distance, physical size, independent motion, speed, altitude, or anomalous behavior.

Derived full-frame contact sheet from the downloaded official MP4, sampled from 00:00 through 04:50. It shows the redacted sensor/display presentation, black masks, cyan overlay marks, and changing high-contrast background texture. It is visual documentation of the released file, not a motion or object-identification analysis.

Derived center-crop samples from the same MP4. The crop emphasizes the reticle/overlay region and underlying terrain/cloud/water-like texture, but it does not provide range, scale, platform motion, or object identity.

Derived samples from the official source-described contrast windows through about 01:45. The sheet shows source overlays and redactions as well as mottled light/dark image regions; small cyan marks should be treated as display/overlay marks unless corroborated by the underlying frame content.

Source asset review

The selected manifest row uses DVIDS ID 1007734. The DVIDS request returned a redirect to https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007734/dow-uap-pr060-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-obj-2, then returned 200 and exposed the direct official MP4 source shown below. The individual MP4 was downloaded and inspected directly; the full Release 02 video ZIP was not downloaded as a substitute.

DVIDS page metadata observed during source review: title DOW-UAP-PR060, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2"; date taken 04.12.2021; date posted 05.22.2026 07:30; category B-Roll; video ID 1007734; VIRIN 210413-D-D0360-5876; filename DOD_111719823; length 00:04:50; location field (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION); courtesy source All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

The DVIDS length, MP4 stream duration, and official manifest duration align at approximately 4 minutes 50 seconds. The MP4 contains an AAC stereo audio stream, but the decoded stream measured as silent in this pass.

Source custody and provenance

Primary provenance for this page is the official WAR.GOV/PURSUE Release 02 manifest, the official DVIDS video page, and the direct DVIDS/CloudFront MP4 exposed by that page. The Release 02 video ZIP central-directory inventory lists video_2605_DOD_111719823_DOD_111719823.mp4, size 232,010,970 bytes, CRC32 1aac0a7e, stored without ZIP compression. The directly downloaded DVIDS MP4 has the same byte size and CRC32, which supports but does not replace a future byte-for-byte comparison against the ZIP entry.

The timing/location fields need careful separation. The manifest incident date is 2021, the manifest incident location is CENTCOM, the DVIDS page lists date taken 04.12.2021 and location (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION), the VIRIN begins 210413, and the source description says a user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024. Those fields should not be collapsed into an exact event time or geolocation without additional chain-of-custody documentation.

The official description is expressly informational and says readers should not interpret any part of it as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event's validity, nature, or significance. Open Sky preserves that caution here.

Graph context

The read-only graph context for this run did not return exact Release 02 graph nodes for this selected slug, DVIDS ID, or title. That absence is not a contradiction of the official release; it means this page is currently anchored to the official manifest, DVIDS page, and downloaded source media while Release 02 graph ingest catches up.

Any title-related, dataset-wide, or older graph records should be treated as leads only. This page does not create a finding, object classification, or anomaly claim from graph context.

Leads to check

• Compare the direct DVIDS MP4 against the Release 02 video ZIP entry byte-for-byte if the exact ZIP entry is later extracted; the current review confirms matching central-directory size and CRC32, not a full independent ZIP extraction.
• Preserve and reconcile timing fields before timeline use: manifest incident date 2021, DVIDS date taken 04.12.2021, VIRIN prefix 210413, DVIDS posting time 05.22.2026 07:30, and the source statement that a user uploaded the video in June 2024.
• Reconcile geography before map use: manifest location CENTCOM, DVIDS location (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION), and source wording about a U.S. military platform within the United States Central Command area of responsibility.
• Compare this item cautiously with later manifest rows in the same uploader-title/date family, including DOW-UAP-PR061, DOW-UAP-PR062, and DOW-UAP-PR063, after those individual source files are reviewed.
• If a raw or less-compressed source export becomes available, review the official 00:00–00:26 and 00:27–02:04 contrast windows with platform motion, sensor mode, line-of-sight, range, altitude, and stabilization context.
• Test prosaic and presentation possibilities before escalation: terrain/cloud/water contrast, platform/sensor pan, zoom and focus changes, stabilization or tracking behavior, display overlays, masking/redaction, compression artifacts, sensor gain/contrast changes, glare/glint, birds/debris/balloons/drones/aircraft at unknown range, and apparent motion induced by platform or sensor movement.

Limits

This is a source-review draft, not a conclusion. The official release itself warns that many Release 02 materials lack substantiated chain of custody. The public MP4 does not include raw sensor data, calibrated telemetry, platform identification, exact geolocation, range, altitude, weather, traffic data, or independent corroborating observations.

The contact sheets are derived from sampled frames and are included only to make the source review auditable. They show redacted sensor/display overlays, black masks, changing terrain/cloud/water-like background texture, and source-described contrast windows, but they do not prove identity, anomalous performance, physical size, distance, speed, or source-event validity.

Graph coverage for this exact Release 02 asset is currently absent in the read-only context used for this page. Until graph ingest, source normalization, and cross-case links are added, graph-based aggregation should not be used as evidence for this item.

Sources

• WAR.GOV/PURSUE landing page: https://www.war.gov/UFO/
• Release 02 manifest row 120, DOW-UAP-PR060, release date 5/22/26, agency Department of War, kind VID, redaction TRUE, incident date 2021, incident location CENTCOM.
• DVIDS video page: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007734
• DVIDS canonical page observed during source review: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007734/dow-uap-pr060-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-obj-2
• Direct official MP4 exposed by DVIDS: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2605/DOD_111719823/DOD_111719823.mp4
• Release 02 video ZIP bundle: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/uap052226.zip; bundle SHA-256 8200c60f179767f50f5e6d0bf8373dfef7220326728610241394bcb8de22272d; central-directory entry video_2605_DOD_111719823_DOD_111719823.mp4, size 232,010,970 bytes, CRC32 1aac0a7e.