Middle East Red Balloon, 2024 (AARO-033)
- Date
- 2024 (per AARO page title and DVIDS description; DVIDS lists 10.31.2024)
- Location
- Middle East (per AARO page title)
- Agency
- AARO
- Release
- AARO (aaro.mil)
- Type
- video
Summary
The three keyframes show a blue sky view with a small red and white rounded object in the first and third frames and diagonal light streaks in the second; solid black boxes cover parts of the sensor display. Per DVIDS description: The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office received a report from a U.S. military Service consisting of one minute and thirty-six seconds of full-motion video footage captured by a camera aboard a U.S. military platform in the Middle East in 2024. [...] AARO assesses, with high confidence, that the object depicted in the video is almost certainly (≥95% likelihood) a consumer-grade reflective foil balloon.
Note
The audio track is near-silent (mean −91 dB).