An area that looks different from everything around it appears on a military aircraft’s display. It remains near the center of the image throughout the 16-second video.
The footage was recorded on a phone pointed at a heat-sensing display during a flight over the Gulf of Oman. An accompanying description calls the objects cold spheres, roughly the size of a person. But what exactly does the video show, and why were they described that way?
A Mark That Stays Centered
U.S. Central Command submitted a report on an unidentified phenomenon that included the video. The footage shows an area that contrasts with its surroundings. The description does not say whether it appears brighter, darker, warmer, or colder.
The area generally stays near the center of the sensor’s display. As the video continues, the mark neither disappears off the edge of the image nor moves to one side. That is all the official description says can be seen; it offers no further details about the area’s shape or what is in it.
Why Call Them Cold Spheres?
An accompanying intelligence report described the phenomenon as “cold spheres,” about 1.2 meters in diameter. The phrase reflects how the phenomenon was presented in the report, but it does not tell us what the spheres look like in the video. The footage itself does not confirm that they are spheres or explain why they appeared that way.
The aircraft’s display shows an image based on heat. So “cold” may refer to how the sensor depicts the phenomenon, rather than to something visible to the naked eye. The source, however, does not explain exactly why the report’s authors chose those words.
The video was recorded on a phone, and the original sensor data has not been provided here. A recording of a screen can be blurry or flicker, making small details difficult to discern.
What Remains Unknown
It is not known what appears in the video or what caused the area to stay centered. The accompanying report describes cold spheres but offers no identification or ordinary explanation.
The mark stays in the center of the image. What was there? There is still no answer.