File 26528 · 26 August 2022
Formation over water, 26 August 2022
Off the Iranian coast, Iran · Region, not street
Opened 9/9/2026
Ledger illustration of the file — not a photograph of the object. Frame from the official infrared tape. — Night Ledger illustration of the file
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Official U.S. government infrared — formation over water, 26 August 2022
U.S. government public release.
Original tape · original language kept
English writing · original voice kept
English of the official 26 August 2022 infrared clip. A formation of objects over water, released as U.S. government UAP imagery tied in public catalogues to a Middle East / Iran-area encounter. The tape is real. It is not an identification of origin.
What was claimed
Official U.S. government infrared from 26 August 2022 shows a formation of objects over water, later labeled in public releases as a Middle East / Iran-area encounter.
What is on the record
The tape is a U.S. government work released for public viewing. It is not an identification of origin. This catalogue files the imagery.
A short official infrared clip, later released as U.S. government work, shows a formation of objects over water on 26 August 2022, in public catalogues tied to a Middle East / Iran-area encounter. The tape is real sensor film. It is not an identification of origin.
Filed as imagery. Not a recovered craft.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station, the trains, and the rest of the known sky were already there. Hold the claim next to them.
1998 —
International Space Station
A bright, steady moving star. A few minutes to cross. No strobe. Occupied since 2000. NASA publishes the pass times. Not unidentified.
2019 —
Starlink trains
A line of equally spaced lights after a launch. The most common string of orbs in current reports. A satellite deployment, not a formation of craft.
Always
Venus and the bright planets
A fixed brilliant point. Does not streak. Does not hover over a street then leave. Often the first misread light in a rural report.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
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