Gulf of Oman “Cold Orbs” — DOW-UAP-PR117
CENTCOM forwards a 16-second phone recording of an AC-130J IR display; DVIDS flags the secondary-capture fidelity limit.
Sources DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR117 (Gulf of Oman 2021); IIR DOW-UAP-D101; war.gov/UFO; companion PR118–PR122 on DVIDS
PURSUE Release 05 (7 August 2026) includes DOW-UAP-PR117: a sixteen-second secondary phone recording of an AC-130J infrared display from a 2021 Gulf of Oman event, forwarded by CENTCOM. The companion IIR DOW-UAP-D101 describes “cold orbs” on the order of four feet; DVIDS copy is explicit that filming a screen limits fidelity.
Process is the story
Native sensor dumps and phone-of-screen copies are different evidence classes. This file exists to keep that distinction visible. Readers who want the pixels should open the official DVIDS embed rather than third-party stills.
Status open: unresolved under DoD framing, with the secondary-capture caveat written into the public caption.
Evidence ledger
Each claim in this file, the source it rests on, and how well it holds up: 2 corroborated · 2 unverified. What the labels mean.
| Claim | Source | Type · date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURSUE Release 05 includes a 16-second phone recording of an AC-130J infrared display from a 2021 Gulf of Oman event. | DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR117 | official · 7 Aug 2026 | corroborated |
| The ‘cold orbs’ were about four feet across.Report description, not a measurement we can check. | IIR DOW-UAP-D101 | official | unverified |
| Filming a screen limits the clip's fidelity. | DVIDS DOW-UAP-PR117 caption | official | corroborated |
| DoD has identified the objects. | DVIDS caption; war.gov/UFO | official | unverified |
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