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2023 · Yellow Sea

INDOPACOM infrared clip: 98-second track (Yellow Sea, 2023)

On the record
Strength D · 4/10
Evidence 4/4 · Witnesses 0/3 · Backing 0/3

INDOPACOM's released infrared clip is official footage, but no witness, report or second source comes with it.

Plausibility High
Score 11 · 7 factors for, 0 against

Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. INDOPACOM submitted it to AARO as a UAP report.

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Unresolved
When2023 (no month given)
WhereYellow Sea
war.gov video · file page ↗

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported this event to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). The release consists of 1 minute 38 seconds of footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. The Department of War released it as DOW-UAP-PR152 in PURSUE Release 06 (18 September 2026) and lists it as an unresolved UAP report. The only written content is the official timestamped video description, which calls the target an "area of contrast" and draws no conclusion. No mission report, witness statement, size, speed or range accompanies it. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. File descriptions were read from the ufotransparency.com mirror, which reproduces or summarises the Department of War's official description; video and audio were not viewed or played. Quotation marks below are used only for wording the mirror presents as the release's own text.*

How plausible · High

Released official sensor footage of unresolved contrasts; no identified witness or independent backing, but the data itself is real. INDOPACOM submitted it to AARO as a UAP report.

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    Access A U.S. military sensor recorded it.
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    No gain sought Released by the government; nobody profits.
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    Checkable details check out Released on war.gov (PURSUE).
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    Physical traces or official reaction Instrument data: the clip itself.
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    Restraint The uploader's title frames it as UAP without explaining it.
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    Character record An official record, uploader unnamed.

Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.

On the record

  • Submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO; incident 2023 (no month given), Yellow Sea. (DOW-UAP-PR152, official description)Yellow Sea UAP
  • Footage: 1 minute 38 seconds, infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform. (DOW-UAP-PR152, official description)
  • Official video timeline (DOW-UAP-PR152, official description): 00:00-01:38 (single entry): the sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally centred.
  • The Department of War states the video description is provided for informational purposes only and is not an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination about the event's validity, nature, or significance. (DOW-UAP-PR152, official description)

Claims

That the footage shows an unidentified anomalous phenomenon.analysisSourced, unconfirmedU.S. Indo-Pacific Command (by submitting it as a UAP report); AARO carries it as unresolved. No individual witness is named, so the original reporter is anonymo

Where

Yellow Sea
35.5°N 123.5°E · region only

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