Description

Time: March 1, 2022

Location: Vicinity of Karaganda International Airport, Kazakhstan

Pulled this from the Department of War's second PURSUE tranche, released May 22, 2026. Haven't seen it shared here yet.

What you're looking at: a 17-second, 1080p clip of a luminous phenomenon recorded near Karaganda International Airport, Kazakhstan in March 2022. Per AARO's published description, the video "fades in from black to show a luminous phenomenon with trails of diminishing brightness extending from the center. The camera pans left and right, and zooms in on the phenomenon" before fading back to black. The black bars at the top and bottom of the frame are part of the digital alteration noted by AARO ("This media was digitally altered prior to its upload to a classified network, and is presented as received").

This is NOT a military FLIR / aircraft sensor capture — AARO assesses it was "likely derived from a commercially available cellular device's rear-facing camera." A user uploaded it to a classified network in April 2023; it was declassified and publicly released by the Department of War on May 22, 2026.

Official AARO record (DOW-UAP-PR072):

"AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, 'ADMINISTRATIVE REVISION: IIR 1777 J0032 22 Kazakhstan - UAP in the vicinity of Karaganda International Airport,' is likely derived from a commercially available cellular device's rear-facing camera in March 2022. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in April 2023."

Technical:

\- File: video\_2605\_DOD\_111720752\_DOD\_111720752.mp4

\- DVIDS Video ID: 1007788

\- VIRIN: 220301-D-D0360-9680

\- Codec / resolution: H.264, 1920x1080

\- Duration: 00:00:17

\- Originating designator: IIR 1777 J0032 22 (likely Intelligence Information Report)

Source / provenance:

\- Program: PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters)

\- Release: Release 02

\- Cleared for release: May 22, 2026

\- Originating department: U.S. Department of War (DoW), via AARO

\- Direct DVIDS page (with embed + full description): https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007788/dow-uap-pr072-administrative-r… (https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007788/dow-uap-pr072-administrative-r…)

\- PURSUE catalog: https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDate=Release+02 (https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDate=Release+02)

\- Full Release 02 video bundle (5.6 GB, 57 files): https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/uap052226.zip (https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/uap052226.zip)

\- Press release: https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4499305/department-… (https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4499305/department-…)

Important context from AARO / war.gov: every file in this archive is classed as UNRESOLVED — "the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena." The standard AARO boilerplate on every PURSUE record explicitly notes the description "is provided for informational purposes only" and should not be read as an analytical judgment or factual determination about the event itself. Chain-of-custody for the original capture is unverified.