◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Reflective Underside
In 2020 a US military pilot over the eastern United States reported a "quite small" object with a metallic look and a reflective bottom that "continued in constant direction". Northern Command sent the report to AARO with an infrared clip that AARO says was digitally altered before it arrived. This is the record of what was reported and filmed, not a verdict on what was in the frame.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Reflective Underside is a reported UAP case in Eastern United States (exact place withheld), 2020.
- A US military pilot reported a "quite small" object that "continued in constant direction", with its shape "indiscernible but the bottom was reflective".
- The form ticks two boxes, metallic and reflective; almost everything else, including the date and place, is blacked out.
- Northern Command sent the report with an infrared clip that AARO says "was digitally altered before being reported", in which an area of contrast jumps about the frame as the sensor switches modes.
- AARO describes 11 seconds of footage but the released clip runs five, and nothing released says which mark in it is the object.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 2 distinct sources and 2 corroborating primary documents.
- The archive grades it L1 · SINGLE CHANNEL — it is retold more than once, but everything traces back through one channel.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
2020
LOCATION
Eastern United States (exact place withheld) · USA
INDEPENDENCE
L1 · SINGLE CHANNEL
SOURCES
2 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
