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INFRARED SENSOR

DOW-UAP-PR100, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023

File ID
DOW-UAP-PR100
Agency
Department of War
Release
Release 04, 10 Jul 2026
Event date
2023 (read as 2023; precision: year)
Location
Yellow Sea
Type
VIDEO
Redactions
Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
Provenance
INFRARED SENSOR

The official record

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Official summary, as published

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 4 minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023.

Video Description: The overall quality of this video footage progressively degrades over its runtime.

00:01-00:08: In infrared mode, the sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.

00:09-01:03: The sensor zooms in and tracks the area of contrast, holding it generally within the center of the frame.

01:04-01:10: The sensor display switches modes to an electro-optical day time television camera feed (a collection mode that displays visible and near infrared signatures). The video features a dark object superimposed against a blue background.

01:11-01:13: The sensor display changes modes to infrared. The area of contrast is no longer visible within the frame.

01:14-02:16: The sensor zooms in and changes contrast settings. An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame.

02:17-02:22: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view.

02:23-02:46: The sensor reacquires and tracks the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.

02:47-03:27: The sensor zooms in, tracking the area of contrast.

03:28-03:32: The footage appears to “skip,” or lose coherence.

03:33-03:46: The footage returns to its previous state, and the sensor continues to track the area of contrast generally within the center of the frame.

03:47-04:32: The sensor zooms out.

04:33-04:40: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view.

04:41-04:45: No content.

This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

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    185 MB (193,625,209 bytes)

    SHA-256 f484ac75e60137cdc54f5b5639960ed9fd5e1c7d4469ae03ba5ff9f280f64412