PR113 turns three seconds of motion into a lesson about range

AARO’s public description says DOW-UAP-PR113 is a 2-minute-57-second file likely captured by an infrared sensor over the western United States in 1996. Only the passage from about 00:14 to 00:17 contains the transit; the rest repeats it frame by frame, replays it more slowly, or holds a still. AARO also states that the media was digitally altered before reaching the UAP Task Force and is presented as received.

The recent velocity paper found that the object itself crosses the frame in roughly one tenth of a second across four progressive frames. Visible angle markings allow the researchers to estimate angular motion, but not physical size or speed because range, observer velocity, and aspect remain unavailable. A striking screen crossing is therefore a measurement opportunity, not a self-contained performance claim.

Why it matters

Reading the official edit history beside the new analysis prevents a nearly three-minute file from being mistaken for nearly three minutes of unique observation and makes the remaining uncertainty precise.

What the source establishes

Confirmed: the Department of War released the file and AARO describes its edit history. Unresolved means the public record does not identify the source; it does not establish an extraordinary craft or velocity.