Three infrared contrasts held in a fixed formation for two minutes near Japan (2023)
INDOPACOM submitted 1 min 59 s of infrared video from a U.S. military platform. Three distinct areas of contrast stay in a fixed position and orientation relative to one another, roughly centred, for the whole clip. The reporter gave no description. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server, and the video itself was not viewed. Everything in this write-up comes from the official war.gov description, as reproduced and summarised on the ufotransparency.com mirror page. The same clip is published on DVIDS (linked below). Location is the incident location shown in the war.gov listing, as carried on the mirror page. The official description states that it is "informational" and not "an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination".*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2023U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor datainfrared video DOW-UAP-PR47 released by the Department of War DOW-UAP-PR47 (war.gov), mirror page with the official description
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; the reporter gave no description.
- ●●Access A U.S. military sensor recorded it.
- ●●No gain sought Released by the government; nobody profits.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released on war.gov (PURSUE).
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Instrument data: the clip itself.
- ●○Restraint The uploader's title frames it as UAP without explaining it.
- ●○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
- Case routed from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO as an unresolved UAP report. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Single piece of evidence: 1 minute 59 seconds of infrared video. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Sensor was mounted on a U.S. military platform; observation occurred in 2023. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Three distinct areas of contrast are tracked across the full clip. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- The three contrast areas hold a fixed position and orientation relative to one another, generally centered in the frame. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)
- Reporter provided no oral or written description of what was observed. (DOW-UAP-PR47, official description as summarised by the mirror)