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Worth Revisiting: PR-028 was reported as a fast diamond-shaped object, but the released record also says it appeared only in short-wave infrared.

Briefed August 4, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds

Worth Revisiting

Restrained infrared sensor imagery representing an ambiguous distant area of contrast
Illustrative artwork accompanying this report.

AARO’s May 8 document index describes PR-028 as footage collected by multiple sensor modalities from a U.S. military platform in 2024. The accompanying mission report characterized an area of contrast as diamond-shaped and moving at an estimated 434 knots, while also noting that it was detected only in the short-wave infrared view.

AARO explicitly says its narrative description is informational and should not be read as an analytical judgment about the event’s validity, nature, or significance. Without the complete metadata, platform geometry, calibration, atmospheric conditions, and analytical chain, the public clip cannot establish the object’s physical shape, speed, or origin by itself.

Why it matters

Comparing what different sensors do—and do not—detect is often more informative than the silhouette that survives video compression.

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