DISPUTEDCRAFT
Four in Formation off Iran
2022 · Over water near Iran (CENTCOM)
WHAT IT IS
Four dark objects with bright wakes cross an infrared frame together over water off Iran; a fifth enters from the corner.
THE CASE FOR
Uploaded under the title '4 UAP Formation Iran 26 Aug 2022 over water', and among the most widely shared clips of the second release.
THE CASE AGAINST
Ten seconds at 640 × 360 with no report attached; nothing in the frame fixes the objects' size, height or speed. It comes from a set AARO found on a classified network and says lacks a substantiated chain of custody.
WHERE IT STANDS
Disputed. Serious questions remain about how it was made or what it shows, and neither side has settled them.
STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 4 OCT 2026
THE RECORD
- DATE
- 2022
- PLACE
- Over water near Iran (CENTCOM)
- RECORDED BY
- DOW-UAP-PR050 · released by the Department of War via AARO
- TECHNICAL
- Infrared sensor, US military platform · 26 Aug 2022 · DOW-UAP-PR050 · 10 s · PURSUE Release 2, 22 May 2026
