📅 Overview
In 2025, near Djibouti in Africa, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) military platforms captured a 2-second UAP video via IR sensor. As the most recent self-hosted video among PURSUE Phase 1's 28 videos, this is AFRICOM's submission to AARO of a brief but clear contrast area tracking.
📷 U.S. War Department / AFRICOM / DVIDS (Public Domain) · PURSUE Phase 1
🎥 Visual Features
Official PURSUE description:
"A small, barely distinguishable area of contrast moves from the left side of the sensor field-of-view to the right side, exiting the scene from the bottom right quarter of the screen."
🛂 Reporting
- ID: DOW-UAP-PR043
- Duration: 2 seconds
- Location: Djibouti (East Africa)
- Date: 2025 (most recent in PURSUE Phase 1)
- Sensor: IR FMV on U.S. military platform
- Reporting: U.S. Africa Command → AARO
- Classification: Unresolved
🌍 Africa + U.S. Military UAP
Djibouti is a strategic location at the Horn of Africa, with U.S. + French + Japanese + Chinese military bases. PR043 is one of the first declassified UAP videos from AFRICOM.
📺 Significance
- 2025 = most recent in PURSUE Phase 1
- First-of-its-kind AFRICOM declassified UAP
- Sample of Africa + U.S. military UAP intersection
📷 Related Photographs
Source: Public Domain — DoD AFRICOM
