A video from Syria shows a white-and-red patch at the edge of the frame. A mission report describes it but doesn’t explain what caused it.
A camera aboard a U.S. military aircraft in Syria recorded a white-and-red patch of light. The mission report described its shape, but the record doesn’t explain what caused it.
Six-second declassified clip released by U.S. Central Command and AARO as 'DOW-UAP-PR32' — full-motion video (FMV) from a U.S. military platform's electro-optical/IR sensor over Syria, October 2024. Per the DVIDS description and accompanying mission report DoW-UAP-D32, the video was supposed to capture a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' producing a 'light/glare halo effect' near the top edge of the FMV feed between 00:02-00:04. In the public release the entire upper edge and corners of the frame are obscured by large rectangular black redaction overlays (eight visible blocks in total), so the described UAP is not actually visible to the public viewer; only the underlying FMV scene of a built-up Middle Eastern village remains uncovered. This is video #2 of three Syria October 2024 'Plasma' UAP releases (PR-31/32/33).
FMV camera aboard a U.S. military platform recorded six seconds of footage in which, per accompanying mission report DoW-UAP-D32, a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' appeared at the top of the sensor display between 00:02-00:04 along with a 'light/glare halo effect.' In the publicly released frames, that upper portion of the FMV is covered by black redaction blocks. CENTCOM submitted the encounter to AARO as an unresolved UAP report (PR-32).
"misshapen and uneven ball of white light"
Speaker: DoW-UAP-D32 mission report (via DVIDS description)
Why it matters: Official descriptive language used by the U.S. Central Command/AARO submission for the visual phenomenon in the FMV.
"light/glare halo effect"
Speaker: DoW-UAP-D32 mission report (via DVIDS description)
Why it matters: Specific phrasing used in the mission report that frames the optical character of the event.
"An area of irregular color and brightness, mainly consisting of white and red highlights, appears near the center of the top edge of the sensor display."
Speaker: DVIDS video description
Why it matters: Government-provided description of the visible phenomenon and where it appears in the frame.
"a horizontally-oriented half-oval bisected along its major axis"
Speaker: DVIDS video description
Why it matters: Specific shape descriptor for the unidentified luminous form.
Syria
U.S. military platform full-motion video (FMV) camera
sensor
Persistent black rectangular overlays covering the top edge of the FMV — exactly the region where the DVIDS description places the UAP / 'light/glare halo'. Approximately 4-5 black blocks span the upper edge across all sampled keyframes (0.0s thumbnail, 2.2s, 4.4s).
Likely reason: Likely masking sensor-platform identifying HUD text (aircraft type, sensor model, classification banner, mission/track ID) and possibly the UAP itself or surrounding glare; effectively also obscures the described luminous ball from public view.
Black blocks present at left edge mid-frame and bottom-left and bottom-right corners across all frames.
Likely reason: Masking HUD readouts (likely platform/sensor metadata, time/coordinates, classification footer).
VISUAL COMPARISON ACROSS THE THREE SYRIA OCTOBER 2024 PLASMA VIDEOS (087/088/089): All three keyframes for PR-32 (this video, slug 088) show a static monochrome (IR/EO grayscale) overhead FMV view of a built-up village/compound — multi-roof structures, walled courtyards, vegetation/trees, dirt roads, agricultural plots; the image is essentially unchanged across the 0.0s thumbnail, 2.2s frame and 4.4s frame, suggesting either a near-stationary sensor track or that the sample frames missed the brief flash event. A pink/magenta HUD reticle (crosshair plus four corner brackets defining a tracking gate, plus a 'N' north-arrow indicator) is visible in the lower-center of the frame on all three keyframes; reticle position is identical across frames. No bright blob, halo, plasma ball, or anomalous luminous object is visible in the underlying imagery in any of the three sampled frames — the described UAP is fully masked by the upper-edge redaction blocks. Eight redaction blocks total: four along the top edge, one mid-left edge, one bottom-left corner, one bottom-right corner, and (as the camera/scene shifts very slightly) the second top corner. When compared to sister videos 087 (PR-31) and 089 (PR-33), aggregator should check whether (a) the same village/compound and reticle position are shown — i.e. all three FMVs are from the same sortie/orbit — or different geographies, and (b) whether either sister video has an UNREDACTED top edge that actually shows the described 'ball of white light' / halo. Audio is present per metadata but not analyzed here. No on-screen unredacted text (no readable banners, timecodes, or coordinates) other than the magenta 'N' compass marker. Confidence is high on what is visible/redacted in the frames; medium on incident specifics that come from the paired PDF (slug 048) rather than the video itself.
The video lasts six seconds, and the light appears between the second and fourth seconds.
The record says a mission report described what was visible, but provides no details about further analysis or possible explanations.
In 2024, a camera aboard a U.S. military aircraft in Syria recorded a white-and-red patch of light. It appeared near the top edge of the frame and was visible for only part of the video.
The video lasts six seconds, and the patch appears only briefly. Yet it takes up a large part of the frame. The report describes it as a distorted ball of light, but the record doesn’t explain exactly what appears in the video.
The light appears between the second and fourth seconds of the video. It sits near the center of the top edge and consists mainly of white and red flashes. It spans about a third of the frame’s width.
The video description characterizes its shape as a broad half-ellipse crossed by a line running lengthwise. A halo, or glare, also appears in the upper part of the video: a bright area surrounding the light. These are the details the record provides about what appears in the frame.
U.S. Central Command submitted the report, which included the video and a mission report. The mission report described the area as a “distorted, uneven white ball of light” and noted the halo or glare in the upper part of the video.
The description suggests a wide patch with uneven coloring and bright light around it. It doesn’t identify the object in the frame. The record also provides no details about the patch’s movement or other things around it.
It’s not known what caused the light or exactly what appears in the video. The record says a mission report described what was visible, but doesn’t mention any further analysis or possible explanations. It also offers no conventional explanation.
The bright patch fills a large part of the frame. A moment later, the video ends.