Incident Library / UAP-2024-USCG-TYNDALL-IR

FILE ID UAP-2024-USCG-TYNDALL-IR (proposed) · STATUS UNEXPLAINED (in the record) · LAST REVIEWED 2026-10-29

Coast Guard infrared clips (DOW-UAP-PR065 and PR066)

Independent summary of public records. This is not a finding and not an agency document.

Recorded April 24, 2024; posted May 22, 2026 · southeastern United States · recorded imagery (infrared)

Status note: Two released clips with AARO descriptions and no identification. "Tic Tac" is the uploader's file title, not an AARO finding.

At a glance

Two infrared clips released as DOW-UAP-PR065 and PR066. AARO's own descriptions say only "area of contrast" and give no size, range, speed or identification.

Documented

• The clips were recorded April 24, 2024, and posted on DVIDS on May 22, 2026. [1][2]
• AARO's description says the video was likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. Coast Guard platform operating in the southeastern United States in 2024. [1][2]
• The titles read "…TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024." AARO's text calls that the "uploader-defined title." [1][2]
• PR066 (48 seconds): an "area of contrast" appears from the upper right at 0:09 to 0:15 and the sensor does not pan to track it; at 0:33 to 0:48 the sensor "pans to the left, but is unable to track the area of contrast." [1]
• PR065 (39 seconds, low resolution): a sensor pans to keep an area of contrast in its field of view. [2]
• AARO: "Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody." The descriptions are for informational purposes and are not an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion or factual determination. [1][2]
• A user uploaded the video to a classified network in June 2024. [1]

Reported

• None. The "Tic Tac" label comes from the uploader's title.

Explained

• None published. The descriptions give no size, range, speed or identification.

Not established

What the contrast area is. Unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.

Media

REAL FOOTAGE · NOT AI REAL FOOTAGE · NOT AI. Credit: DVIDS videos 1007778 (PR066) and 1007777 (PR065), public domain, U.S. government works, cropped and color-graded. The appearance of U.S. DoW visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement. Narration voice is AI-generated.

Sources

1. DVIDS video 1007778 (DOW-UAP-PR066). primary (AARO text on the DVIDS page). https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007778. Accessed 2026-10-28/29.
2. DVIDS video 1007777 (DOW-UAP-PR065). primary. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007777. Accessed 2026-10-28/29.

Corrections

None.