DOW-UAP-PR066, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"

Investigation reading

This Release 02 item is an official Department of War / AARO video record from manifest row 126, published in the 5/22/26 WAR.GOV/PURSUE release and mirrored through DVIDS video ID 1007778. The uploader-defined title is USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024. The release language is deliberately cautious: AARO says the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Coast Guard platform operating in the Southeastern United States in 2024, and it also states that many responsive materials lack a substantiated chain of custody.

The official description calls out two short source-described contrast intervals. It says 00:09-00:15 shows an area of contrast appearing from the upper right side of the screen while the sensor does not pan to track it, causing the contrast area to leave the field of view on the left side. It then says 00:33-00:48 shows an area of contrast entering from the lower right and leaving on the lower left while the sensor pans left but is unable to track the contrast area. The DVIDS/WAR.GOV description is explicitly informational only; it should not be treated as an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination.

What the released item appears to contain

The downloaded source media is a short grayscale / infrared-looking sequence with cloud or atmospheric background texture, black rectangular redaction or masking blocks, and small green sensor-display markers. The imagery is substantially different from the preceding PR065 sample: this direct media is 1080p and carries visible display/redaction overlays, but it still does not provide released range, sensor geometry, platform motion, or original track data.

In the sampled contact sheets, broad cloud bands and tonal changes dominate the image. The source-described area of contrast is difficult to isolate as a discrete, continuously traceable target. In the 00:09-00:15 upper-band samples, the visible contrast is soft, cloud-like, partially obscured by black masks, and not uniquely separable from background texture. In the 00:33-00:48 lower-band samples, there is frame-to-frame displacement of cloud/background texture and overlay regions, but the crop does not establish a clean object track, identity, range, speed, or anomalous performance.

Source asset review

The individual official DVIDS/CloudFront MP4 was downloaded and inspected directly rather than substituting the full Release 02 video ZIP. The direct media response returned 200, content-type: binary/octet-stream, accept-ranges: bytes, content-length: 35508173, last-modified: Fri, 22 May 2026 11:31:07 GMT, and ETag "e07e9b84edf34c988e2edd38f6e7f03d-5". A byte-range probe returned 206 with content-range: bytes 0-0/35508173.

The Release 02 remote video-ZIP central directory lists video_2605_DOD_111720693_DOD_111720693.mp4 as 35,502,808 bytes with CRC32 85bf9a72. That does not match the downloaded direct DVIDS MP4 size or CRC32. Until the ZIP entry is byte-compared against the direct DVIDS object, this should be treated as a source-custody/versioning lead, not as a substantive finding about the imagery.

Source custody and provenance

Primary public provenance for this page is the official WAR.GOV/PURSUE Release 02 landing page, the Release 02 manifest row, and the DVIDS page for video 1007778. The DVIDS page resolved to https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007778/dow-uap-pr066-uscg-c-144-tyndall-uap-1-tic-tac-ir-hot-24-april-2024, with title DOW-UAP-PR066, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024", category B-Roll, date taken 04.24.2024, date posted 05.22.2026 07:31, location field UNITED STATES, filename DOD_111720693, VIRIN 240424-D-D0360-6523, listed length 00:00:48, and courtesy source All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office.

The duration fields are close but not identical: the manifest and DVIDS page list 00:00:48, while the downloaded direct MP4 container measures about 48.633333 seconds. The release also says a user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024 and that many materials in the responsive collection lack a substantiated chain of custody. Those statements should travel with any future timeline, platform, or sensor analysis.

Graph context

No exact Release 02 graph record was returned for this slug, title, or DVIDS ID during this run's read-only graph context check. That is not a source-access problem; it means this page is currently anchored to official manifest/DVIDS provenance while graph ingest for Release 02 catches up. Future title-related or dataset-wide graph hits should be treated as leads until their provenance links resolve back to this exact official asset.

Leads to check

• Byte-compare the direct DVIDS MP4 against the Release 02 video-ZIP entry because the current direct-file size/CRC32 and ZIP central-directory size/CRC32 do not match.
• Reconcile the manifest/DVIDS 00:00:48 duration with the direct MP4 48.633333-second container duration before using timing as evidence.
• Seek platform or mission-context records for the USCG C-144 / Tyndall wording, sensor mode, sensor zoom or field of view, aircraft motion, and any original track/custody data.
• Review the 00:09-00:15 and 00:33-00:48 intervals with frame registration, contrast stretching, and original-resolution frame stepping if a future analyst needs a stronger motion statement. The sampled contact sheets here do not establish a discrete object track.
• Confirm whether any related Coast Guard, AARO, DVIDS, or mission-log metadata can narrow the Southeastern United States / Tyndall context without over-reading the uploader-defined title.

Limits

This is a short, compressed, redacted public video with no released platform telemetry, range, azimuth, altitude, sensor parameters, original sensor file, target track file, or independent corroborating sensor record on this page. The black masks and display markers limit interpretation, and contact sheets are not a substitute for full-motion sensor analysis. The title phrase TIC TAC IR hot is source/catalog wording; it should not be repeated as an object-shape or thermal-performance finding without stronger underlying data. This page is a source-review draft and not a finding.

Sources

• WAR.GOV/PURSUE Release 02 landing page: https://www.war.gov/UFO/
• DVIDS video page: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007778
• DVIDS direct media asset: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2605/DOD_111720693/DOD_111720693.mp4
• Release 02 document bundle: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/052226/release_02/release_02_document_bundle.zip
• Release 02 video bundle: https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/uap052226.zip
• Official Release 02 manifest row 126, DOW-UAP-PR066, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024", release date 5/22/26, agency Department of War, kind VID.