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analysis-role: source-anchored-analysis
analysis-category: video-sequence
confidence-level: medium
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accuracy-disclaimer: AI-assisted analysis; interpretations are provisional and may contain errors. Verify against cited source material.
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topic-slug: pr108-western-us-2020-tracked-contact-display-state
topic-title: PR108 Western US 2020 Tracked Contact and Display State
topic-description: Three-window raw-frame review of the Western U.S. 2020 track, testing monitor interference, sudden acceleration, and tunneling claims against reticle, acquisition-box, framing, and display-state changes.
guide-description: Separates source-visible contact motion from sensor/display transitions and identifies the telemetry needed before image-plane displacement can become a physical acceleration or tunneling claim.
topic-audience: serious-uap-readers
topic-priority: 9
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# PR108 Western US 2020 Tracked Contact and Display State

![Eight-frame source review of PR108 from 27.429 to 35.429 seconds](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-31429-long-review-source-frame-contact-sheet.png)

## Source Basis

The source is [Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020 (PR108)](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4). Four captured leads asked about monitor interference near [18.880s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.880), sudden acceleration near [31.596s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=31.596&preset=thermal&zoom=2.2106814074060814&panX=-1080.5531089988826&panY=-582.976039703184&contrast=2.1&brightness=0.85), a longer position review centered near [31.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=31.429&preset=thermal&zoom=2.2106814074060814&panX=-1080.5531089988826&panY=-582.976039703184&contrast=2.1&brightness=0.85), and a tunneling interpretation near [68.136s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.136).

The submitted Long/Lots controls were executed as eight observations over the requested eight-second interval: [27.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=27.429), [28.572s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=28.572), [29.715s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=29.715), [30.858s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=30.858), [31.596s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=31.596), [32.858s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=32.858), [34.286s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=34.286), and [35.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=35.429).

## Observation

![Submitted thermal-region geometry review](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-31429-long-review-geometry-review.png)

The clip preserves a compact bright contact at multiple positions around the central reticle. It is not a one-frame compression speck. The strongest source-backed result is a tracked-contact sequence accompanied by display-state changes.

| Time | Source-visible state | Analytical boundary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [27.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=27.429) | Compact contact is above the reticle. | A contact exists; range and angular scale are unavailable. |
| [28.572s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=28.572) | Contact is below/near the reticle center. | Image-plane displacement combines target, sensor, and platform motion. |
| [29.715s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=29.715) | Contact is right of center and appears horizontally elongated. | The elongation can include blur, resampling, and point-spread effects. |
| [30.858s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=30.858) | Contact is above-right of the reticle. | Direction change in the image is visible; physical maneuver is not calibrated. |
| [31.596s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=31.596) | Contact remains above-right as the display geometry shifts. | This is the submitted acceleration moment, but it is not isolated from framing/reticle change. |
| [32.858s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=32.858) | Contact appears below center. | The sign change is compatible with a tracking correction or sensor slew. |
| [34.286s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=34.286) | A tracking/acquisition box surrounds the contact. | The display has entered a materially different tracking state. |
| [35.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=35.429) | Symbology and framing change again. | Cross-state pixel positions are not one continuous calibrated coordinate system. |

## Additional Short-Window Tests

The two later-submitted Short/Lots requests were executed as exactly eight observations over one second each. The raw and enhanced review aids are retained together: [18.880-second raw sheet](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-18880-short-review-source-frame-contact-sheet.png), [geometry sheet](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-18880-short-review-geometry-review.png), [enhanced aid](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-18880-short-review-enhanced-crop-review.png), [68.136-second raw sheet](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-68136-short-review-source-frame-contact-sheet.png), [geometry sheet](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-68136-short-review-geometry-review.png), and [enhanced aid](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-68136-short-review-enhanced-crop-review.png). Enhancement saturates much of the high-gain display and does not recover additional object detail, so the decisions remain anchored to the raw sheets.

![Eight raw observations around the 18.880-second display transition](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-18880-short-review-source-frame-contact-sheet.png)

At [18.380s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.380), [18.523s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.523), [18.666s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.666), [18.809s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.809), and the marked [18.880s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.880), the central sensor field is black while fixed bright vertical borders remain. The image-bearing field returns at [19.094s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=19.094), [19.237s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=19.237), and [19.380s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=19.380). This supports a display/sensor feed transition or dropout. It does not establish that the contact caused monitor interference; a causal claim would require native system logs and synchronized operator telemetry.

![Eight raw observations around the 68.136-second apparent jump](/media/Release_4/Analysis/images/dod-111830058-68136-short-review-source-frame-contact-sheet.png)

At [67.636s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=67.636), [67.779s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=67.779), [67.922s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=67.922), [68.065s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.065), the marked [68.136s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.136), [68.350s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.350), [68.493s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.493), and [68.636s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.636), the central track/symbology state changes while a separate bright field feature near the upper edge remains comparatively stable. The apparent jump is therefore not a clean world-coordinate displacement. The source does not provide evidence of tunneling; that hypothesis would require a discontinuous target trajectory preserved after sensor pointing, tracking-gate, and display-state correction.

## Hypothesis To Test

The submitted hypotheses are monitor interference, sudden acceleration, and tunneling. The source supports a display/feed dropout and apparent rapid image-plane displacement, but it does not connect the dropout causally to the contact or establish physical acceleration/tunneling. A defensible kinematic claim requires stabilized angular coordinates, sensor field of view, platform attitude/slew, track-mode transitions, frame cadence, and range or a justified range bracket.

## Theoretical Scene Panels

| Panel | Read | Boundary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A - Source contact | A compact thermal contact persists across the requested window. | Evidence only: a contact is present. |
| B - Reticle-relative path | The contact changes quadrants around the reticle. | Low-level inference: apparent motion is real in the image plane. |
| C - Tracking-state transition | Acquisition-box and symbology changes indicate sensor/display intervention. | The intervention must be removed before target kinematics are inferred. |
| D - Field-control model | Under a disclosure-forward model, abrupt motion could represent low-inertia or field-mediated maneuver. | This remains speculative until calibrated target-relative motion survives platform/sensor subtraction. |

## Explanation Lanes

| Lane | Fit | Upgrade or falsification test |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sensor slew / track correction | Reticle-relative position and symbology change together; an acquisition box appears later. | Recover platform attitude, line-of-sight angles, and track-mode flags. |
| Ordinary moving target | A real compact contact can cross the image while the sensor operator reacquires it. | Establish range, target class, winds, and platform motion. |
| Video/display processing | Point-spread, scan conversion, resampling, and contrast can alter apparent size and centroid. | Inspect native sensor export and per-frame metadata. |
| Contact-induced interference | The early window contains a black-field dropout with fixed borders still present. | Correlate the event with native fault, electromagnetic, operator, and sensor logs; temporal coincidence alone is insufficient. |
| Unusual acceleration or tunneling | The contact's apparent path includes rapid displacement and reversals. | Show a discontinuity in stabilized angular rate and continuous target identity that cannot be explained by sensor/platform state. |

## Case-Specific Tie-In

This report promotes the PR108 queue item from [C82 - Release 4 DVIDS Sensor Media Triage](/?open=Release_4%2FAnalysis%2FC82-Release-4-DVIDS-Sensor-Media-Triage.md) and follows the control logic in [C86 - Release 4 Cross-Release Hull and Control Matrix](/?open=Release_4%2FAnalysis%2FC86-Release-4-Cross-Release-Hull-and-Control-Matrix.md). It also belongs beside [C43 - Flight Characteristics and Telemetry Observations Summary](/?open=Release_2%2FAnalysis%2FC43-Flight-Characteristics-and-Telemetry-Observations-Summary.md): image-plane motion is an observation; physical speed and acceleration are derived quantities.

## Working Assessment

PR108 contains a durable tracked-contact event and deserves telemetry recovery. The source does not currently justify "contact-induced monitor interference," "sudden physical acceleration," or "tunneling." The strongest publishable claim is: **the clip contains a display/feed dropout and a compact contact that changes reticle-relative position rapidly across intervals containing acquisition, framing, and symbology changes**.

The Disclosure-Forward Neutrality Gate passes. Sensor/platform explanations remain active, and the unusual-acceleration lane remains testable rather than dismissed. The lane upgrades only if stabilized line-of-sight motion retains the discontinuity after track-state and platform corrections.

## Follow-Up

- Recover native line-of-sight azimuth/elevation, field of view, platform attitude, and track-mode flags from [27.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=27.429) through [35.429s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=35.429).
- Recover system/fault logs across [18.380s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=18.380) through [19.380s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=19.380), and native tracking/pointing telemetry across [67.636s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=67.636) through [68.636s](/?open=Release_4%2FDOD_111830058.mp4&t=68.636).
- Derive centroids only within a single stabilized sensor state; do not bridge the acquisition-box transition as one coordinate series.
- If range is recovered, report angular rate first and physical velocity/acceleration second with uncertainty bounds.