A Blip Appears on Screen, and a Military Sensor Tracks It

After more than half a minute without an image, a bright-and-dark blip appears at the bottom of the screen. A military sensor swivels to center it.

The footage runs for nearly five minutes. Even as the image zooms in and the sensor continues tracking, the blip never becomes clearer. Instead, it appears to comprise several areas. The video was published among records collected after members of the House of Representatives requested access to material related to unexplained phenomena.

It Enters From Below

The video is dated 2019 and was recorded in an area where U.S. Central Command was operating. After 34 seconds without an image, a prominent area appears at the edge of the screen. The sensor turns to center it, then continues tracking.

The image was likely produced by a heat-sensing camera, which shows differences in temperature as light or dark. As it tracks the object, the sensor changes the zoom and the contrast between areas. The blip stays centered, but never takes on a recognizable shape.

Zoom In, and the Blip Splits

As the image zooms in further, the blip looks like several areas clustered together. They remain at the center of the image as the sensor continues to track them. Nothing in the video reveals what they are.

Later, the sensor changes the image again. The screen flashes between black and white as tracking continues. After a few minutes, the image goes blank again. The video does not show what happened outside the frame or what took place before the blip appeared.

What We Still Don’t Know

According to the assessment by the office that handled the record, the video was probably captured by a heat-sensing camera aboard a U.S. military aircraft. What appears in the image and where it came from are unknown; the video description offers no conventional explanation.

The sensor keeps tracking even as the screen flashes. But what remains at the center of the image?