Incident Library / UAP-2023-EUCOM-PR016
FILE ID UAP-2023-EUCOM-PR016 (proposed) · STATUS EXPLAINED (per AARO) · LAST REVIEWED 2026-10-29
"PR-016": infrared clip, Europe 2023
Independent summary of public records. This is not a finding and not an agency document.
2023 · Europe · recorded imagery (infrared)
At a glance
A 25-second infrared video from a European Command report. AARO says, with high confidence, the objects are almost certainly birds (more than 95 percent likelihood).
Documented
- AARO's reasons: morphology consistent with resolved bird imagery, relative positioning that conserves energy, and an infrared return that pulses at a wing-beat frequency. [1]
Reported
- None in the source.
Explained
- Birds, proposed by AARO (high confidence). We attribute the identification to AARO and neither endorse nor dispute it. [1]
Media
REAL FOOTAGE · NOT AI REAL FOOTAGE · NOT AI, DVIDS 988673, public domain. The appearance of U.S. DoW visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement.
Sources
- DVIDS video 988673, "PR-016, Resolved as Birds, Europe 2023" (posted 12.04.2025). primary. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/988673. Accessed 2026-10-29. DVIDS "date taken" is a placeholder (01.01.2023); the year alone is used.
Corrections
None.