The blob crossed the screen, vanished, then came back. Finally, the camera returned to the scene it had been filming.
A blob crossed the military camera’s view, disappeared, then reappeared. The official description recounts how the camera tracked it but does not identify it.
A blob moves across the frame. The camera tracks it, loses sight of it, then turns to follow it when it reappears.
It was included in a collection of materials the U.S. Department of War located after members of the House of Representatives requested access to records.
A blob moves from right to left across footage from a military camera. The camera turns to follow it and zooms in, but then the blob leaves its field of view, the area visible in the image.
A moment later, it appears again. The camera turns left and upward to track it, then returns to the scene it was filming at the start of the video. The video was released as part of a collection of materials the U.S. Department of War located. It documents the camera’s tracking, but does not reveal what the blob was.
The video runs for nearly five minutes. In its official description, the department calls the object moving across the frame a “prominent area,” meaning it stands out from its surroundings. It moves from right to left as the camera adjusts its direction and zoom to follow it.
After about half a minute, the area is no longer visible in the frame. A short time later, it reenters the camera’s field of view. This time, the camera turns left and upward to track it. The official description details the movement but offers no further details about the area’s appearance.
In 2026, members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to records that might be connected to unexplained sightings. The Department of War found materials in a collection stored on a restricted-access computer network, and this video was among them. A user uploaded it to the network in June 2024.
The Department of War estimates that the video was recorded in 2021 using a video camera and a heat-detecting sensor. Both were aboard a U.S. military platform operating in an area where the U.S. military is responsible for operations. The sensor allows the camera to detect heat, not just ordinary light.
It is not known what the blob was or what it was. The Department of War does not identify it as an aircraft or any other specific kind of object; the description reports what appears in the footage without identifying it.
The camera returned to the scene it had been filming. The blob, for now, remains unnamed.