Al Taqaddum Object

According to AARO, in October 2017 an infrared sensor onboard a force protection aerostat near Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, captured 17 minutes of video of an unidentified object. AARO assesses that the object was a cluster of partially and fully inflated balloons, noting its appearance is consistent with other recorded observations of balloon clusters. AARO employed full-motion video analysis and pixel examination techniques, and used geo-locational data from the aerostat to assess the object's speed and direction of travel. AARO concludes the object did not demonstrate anomalous performance characteristics. This silent video is part of the Al Taqaddum case resolution published on AARO's Official UAP Imagery page. No extractable text is present in the video file itself; this metadata derives from the AARO source page context.