DISPUTEDCRAFT
The Sphere over Water
Undated · Over water
WHAT IT IS
A round white object holds above rippling water for three and a half minutes.
THE CASE FOR
Uploaded as 'Spherical UAP pulsing over water'; the object stays sharply defined throughout.
THE CASE AGAINST
No date, place or report, and AARO says it was digitally altered before upload. 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
- Undated
- PLACE
- Over water
- RECORDED BY
- DOW-UAP-PR056 · released by the Department of War via AARO
- TECHNICAL
- Infrared sensor, US military platform · DOW-UAP-PR056 · 3 min 32 s · PURSUE Release 2, 22 May 2026
