DOW-UAP-PR062, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 1"

Investigation reading

This Release 02 item is official Department of War/PURSUE manifest row 122. The manifest title is DOW-UAP-PR062, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 1". Open Sky treats Spherical UAP, [CALLSIGN], and vid 1 as source/catalog wording, not as a conclusion about object identity, shape, origin, or anomalous performance.

The selected row points to DVIDS video ID 1007739. The DVIDS page currently resolves to https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007739/dow-uap-pr062-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-vid-1, carries the same title as the manifest, and exposes a direct official MP4 for DOD_111719847.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 manifest 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 May 2024. The DVIDS page observed during this pass uses slightly different wording, saying color and infrared sensor; that wording difference is preserved as a source-custody lead rather than harmonized away.

What the released item appears to contain

The downloaded MP4 is a 4 minute, 49.6 second, 1280×720 H.264 video. The visible presentation is consistent with a redacted sensor/display recording: black masks obscure interface regions, a small cyan/blue reticle or aimpoint appears near the center, and small cyan/blue display marks appear in multiple samples. The underlying scene changes through gray-blue, gray-brown, and brighter textured views that look like terrain, cloud/haze, shadows, or surface contrast seen from a sensor platform. The public MP4 does not include readable platform identity, calibrated range, altitude, exact geolocation, target track data, or raw telemetry.

The official source description covers the full clip: 00:00–04:49 — the sensor pans and cycles zoom levels to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the sensor field of view. Sampled stills are consistent with a sensor view that pans or changes field of view over complex background texture. They also show intermittent small dark contrast patches or spots near the center region in some samples, but those features shift relative to the reticle and blend into changing background texture in others.

Sampled-frame review supports cautious language only. A distinct, continuously resolved physical object cannot be confidently isolated from these still samples. The contact sheets do not establish object identity, distance, physical size, independent motion, speed, altitude, or anomalous behavior. The visible contrast could be affected by sensor motion, zoom and focus changes, platform motion, stabilization, compression, redaction masks, display overlays, sensor processing, and the complex terrain/cloud/background scene.

Derived full-frame contact sheet from the downloaded official MP4, sampled from 00:00 through 04:49. It shows the redacted sensor/display presentation, black masks, cyan reticle/display marks, changing background texture, and apparent panning/zoom or field-of-view changes. It is visual documentation of the released file, not object-identification analysis.

Derived center-crop samples from the same MP4. The crop emphasizes the reticle/overlay region. Some frames show compact dark contrast patches near the center region, but they are not continuously centered or resolved enough in these stills to identify a discrete object or infer unusual performance.

Derived upper/center crop samples from the downloaded MP4. The sheet makes small contrast spots easier to audit in a few timestamped samples, but it also shows major limits: black occlusion bands, low apparent detail, compression, variable background texture, and no range or scale information.

Source asset review

The selected manifest row uses DVIDS ID 1007739. The DVIDS request returned a redirect to https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007739/dow-uap-pr062-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-vid-1, 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-PR062, "Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 vid 1"; date taken 04.12.2021; date posted 05.22.2026 07:30; category B-Roll; video ID 1007739; VIRIN 210413-D-D0360-5320; filename DOD_111719847; length 00:04:49; 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 49 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_111719847_DOD_111719847.mp4, size 152,414,120 bytes, CRC32 1c42900b, stored without ZIP compression. The directly downloaded DVIDS MP4 is slightly larger at 152,419,204 bytes with CRC32 9f677f0a; that direct-MP4-versus-ZIP mismatch should be preserved as a source-custody/versioning lead until the exact ZIP entry is compared byte-for-byte.

The timing/location fields need careful separation. The manifest incident date is 2021, the DVIDS page lists date taken 04.12.2021, the VIRIN begins 210413, DVIDS posted the public page on 05.22.2026 07:30, and the source description says a user uploaded the video to a classified network in May 2024. Those fields should not be collapsed into an exact event time without additional chain-of-custody documentation. The manifest incident location is CENTCOM, while DVIDS lists (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION).

The release/manifest description says full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor; the DVIDS page text observed during this pass says color and infrared sensor. Both are official-source text variants for this item. Open Sky preserves the distinction rather than treating it as an analytical conclusion about sensor modality.

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

• Reconcile the direct DVIDS MP4 against the Release 02 video ZIP entry because their byte sizes and CRC32 values do not match in the current source review.
• Reconcile the official-source modality wording: manifest text says full-motion video camera and an infrared sensor; the observed DVIDS page says color and infrared sensor.
• Preserve and reconcile the 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 May 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 adjacent manifest rows in the same uploader-title/date family, including DOW-UAP-PR061, DOW-UAP-PR063, and other Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 entries, after their individual source files and custody fields are reviewed.
• If a raw or less-compressed source export becomes available, review the full 00:00–04:49 tracking/zoom sequence with platform motion, sensor mode, line of sight, range, altitude, stabilization, and surrounding terrain or atmospheric context.
• Test prosaic and presentation possibilities before escalation: terrain, cloud, haze, shadow, water/land or surface contrast, platform/sensor pan, zoom and focus changes, tracking-box behavior, stabilization effects, 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 background texture, intermittent small dark contrast spots or patches, and apparent pan/zoom or field-of-view changes, 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 122, DOW-UAP-PR062, 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/1007739
• DVIDS canonical page observed during source review: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007739/dow-uap-pr062-spherical-uap-callsign-2021-04-12-vid-1
• Direct official MP4 exposed by DVIDS: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2605/DOD_111719847/DOD_111719847.mp4
• Release 02 video ZIP bundle: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/uap052226.zip; bundle SHA-256 8200c60f179767f50f5e6d0bf8373dfef7220326728610241394bcb8de22272d; central-directory entry video_2605_DOD_111719847_DOD_111719847.mp4, size 152,414,120 bytes, CRC32 1c42900b.