A spot enters the frame. The sensor turns to follow it. Then the screen flashes black.
In footage from a military sensor, areas appear and disappear as the sensor tracks them. The screen flashes black, but the record does not identify what appears in the image.
Areas that look different from the background enter and leave the frame. The sensor turns to follow them, and the screen flashes black.
No. The record describes what appears in the video but does not identify the spots or offer an explanation for them.
A spot appears on the left side of a military sensor image. The sensor turns, keeping it centered. Shortly afterward, more spots enter and leave the frame.
The video runs nearly five minutes and was released to the public as part of an official record. The record describes what appears in the footage but does not say what the spots are. That makes the small details stand out: the sensor changes direction, alters the image, and even keeps tracking through a black flash.
At the start of the video, there is no image. Then an area that looks different from the background enters from the left and exits through the bottom corner. A little later, another area appears on the left. This time, the sensor turns to keep it centered in the frame.
According to the official assessment, the video was probably recorded by a sensor that displays heat rather than ordinary colors. The sensor was mounted on a U.S. military aircraft operating in and around the Middle East. The record provides no further details about the aircraft.
Later, the sensor changes its image settings but continues to track the area on screen. Another area then enters the frame from below. Immediately afterward, the screen flashes black.
When the image returns, the sensor is still tracking. During this segment, several areas enter and leave the frame, and the sensor turns to follow them. Near the end of the video, the screen flashes black again. The sensor then continues tracking another area.
The video was uploaded in November 2019 to a military network that is not open to the public. The record itself was released to the public later. It describes what happens in the video but does not identify what appears in it.
It is not known what caused the spots, and the record offers no specific explanation for them. It also emphasizes that the description is not a determination of what happened or what appears in the video.
The image returns after the black flash. The sensor keeps tracking, but what is it following?