Two 30-minute FLIR video files purportedly filmed by an Arizona Air National Guard RC-26B reconnaissance aircraft on November 23, 2019 using a Star SAFIRE 380 HD FLIR camera. Obtained from an anonymous DHS source by podcaster Andy Marcial, forensically analyzed by SCU (Reali, 2022). Object characteristics: no aerodynamic structures for lift, no visible propulsion or heat signature consistent with any known engine, non-aerodynamic shape, fixed structure that rotates and precesses aperiodically. The apparent cold temperature signature was determined to be an artifact of the FLIR sensor reflecting ambient sky temperature off the metallic surface — the object is neither hotter nor colder than the environment in any way consistent with known propulsion. Geographic trajectory analysis confirms the video is consistent with an actual RC-26B flight over the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge area of Arizona/New Mexico. Conclusion: “The object cannot be explained as any known natural phenomenon or by any known technology used for aeronautical propulsion.” SCU recommends a network of multi-sensor monitoring stations (infrared, optical, RF, ionizing radiation, gravitational) as the appropriate scientific response — the same model used for meteor and earthquake monitoring.
