A blob appeared and vanished within seconds. The sensor turned to follow it, but even zoomed in, the blob stayed at the edge of the frame.
A blob appeared in footage from a military sensor, then disappeared offscreen. The sensor tracked it, but what the image showed remains unknown.
A blob appears in the image and crosses the frame. A military sensor turns and moves closer to track it.
No. The record does not identify it, and parts of it have been redacted.
After nearly a minute with no image, a blob appeared in the lower-right corner of the screen. Within seconds, it crossed the frame and disappeared off the left side. The military sensor turned to follow it.
The blob appears as a contrast between light and dark areas, but the image offers no details that would reveal what it is. The sensor tries to track it, yet the blob reaches the edge of the screen. For nearly five minutes, the same pursuit plays out in several ways.
The video was uploaded to a classified network in August 2020. A U.S. office that reviews records of anomalous phenomena found it there. The office believes the footage was captured by a sensor that displays differences in heat and was installed on a U.S. military aircraft.
At the start of the clip, there is no image. Then the blob appears in the lower-right corner and, moments later, disappears in the lower-left. The sensor rotates the image to follow it and keep it centered. That makes the pursuit itself visible, but it doesn’t provide a clearer view of what’s being pursued.
The sensor moves closer to the blob. When it zooms in further, the blob remains visible at the top, pressed against the edge. The sensor pulls back to keep tracking it. Later, it moves closer again, pulls back, and changes the image’s appearance.
The effort continues through much of the video, but not every change in the image reveals an identifiable detail. Even when the sensor changes the display, all that remains visible is an area of light and dark. The pursuit is clear, but the object at its center remains a mystery.
The blob’s identity is unknown, and parts of the record have been redacted. The office believes the video came from a heat-imaging sensor, but the record does not identify what appears in it.
At the end, the blob is still at the top edge of the screen. What exactly was the sensor trying to capture?