Short Note / Jun 05, 2026
DOW-UAP-PR43: two-second Djibouti infrared UAP video
DOW-UAP-PR43 is a public UFO/UAP video from Djibouti. The visible part is small: a contrast feature in the sensor view, released with almost no case narrative around it.
The PR43 clip does not center an object.
The visible part is small and easy to lose in the frame: a small area of contrast moving through a noisy sensor view. In the full DVIDS player, it is easy to miss. A crop makes the contrast feature easier to pick out, but not easier to identify.
The file is titled DOW-UAP-PR43, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025. DVIDS lists the video as Unresolved UAP Report, Djibouti, 2025. The Department of War description says U.S. Africa Command submitted the report to AARO.
The released description is short. It says the material is infrared-sensor footage from a U.S. military platform in 2025, and that the reporter did not provide an oral or written description of the observation.
The clip
The official video description says that from 00:00 to 00:02, a small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves from the left side of the sensor view to the right and exits from the bottom-right quarter of the screen.
The public MP4 is longer because the short observation is looped for viewing. That loop makes the file feel more substantial than the described observation really is.
The release leaves the basics out. The video shows a small infrared contrast feature moving through a rough view. It does not show shape, range, altitude, platform, or enough surrounding data to say what the feature is.
The nearby Djibouti record
Release 01 also contains DOW-UAP-D008, Mission Report, Djibouti, 2025. That document is a MISREP, a mission report. Its public summary says a U.S. military operator reported two "white hot UAPs" and estimated a speed of about 240 nautical miles per hour.
The overlap is worth noting. The release does not currently connect it to PR43.
PR43 is listed as a Djibouti video. D008 is labeled Djibouti in the file title, but its incident location is listed as the Mediterranean Sea. Until the release pairs them, they are adjacent records, not the same event.
What would help
The next useful material would be the non-looped original clip, the platform and sensor context, range or track data, the time and location, and a short explanation of what was checked before the case stayed unresolved.
The feature is visible enough to log. It is not visible enough to identify.
Sources
- DVIDS: DOW-UAP-PR43, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025, posted May 8, 2026.
- DVIDS embed: Unresolved UAP Report, Djibouti, 2025.
- Department of War: UFO / UAP release portal.
- Department of War: DOW-UAP-D008, Mission Report, Djibouti, 2025.
- UAP Logbook: What is PURSUE?
- UAP Logbook: PURSUE Release 02 file note