File 66033 · April 26, 2013
Aguadilla Puerto Rico CBP Infrared Incident
Aguadilla, United States
Opened 9/16/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection / AARO
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 AARO Puerto Rico Aguadilla Video
U.S. Department of Defense / AARO
Original tape · original language kept
English writing · original voice kept
English HUD on U.S. Customs and Border Protection infrared, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A DHC-8 records a heat source over Rafael Hernández Airport, then toward the water. Some viewers read a split or a transmedium event. AARO later assessed two objects at wind speed, possibly sky lanterns, and did not treat a transmedium event as proven. The tape is a U.S. government work.
Black-hot infrared video showing a thermal object moving over land, then ocean, appearing to submerge.
What was claimed
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft's infrared sensor captured footage of an unidentified object near Rafael Hernandez Airport that appeared to enter the ocean. The video shows the object moving at moderate speed, changing shape slightly, and interacting with the water surface.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
On the night of April 25/26, 2013, a CBP DHC-8 aircraft conducting routine patrol near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, detected an anomalous object shortly after takeoff. The crew switched to infrared mode and recorded the object as it flew over the airport area and headed toward the ocean. The footage shows what appears to be a single object that splits or is accompanied by a second thermal signature before both appear to enter the water without significant splash. AARO's later analysis concluded the objects were likely two separate items traveling at wind speed, possibly balloons or lanterns, and did not demonstrate anomalous performance or enter the water. The video was publicly released through official channels.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
The station was flying. Starlink was not. A string of orbs in this year is usually not a train.
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.
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
Related files
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