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DOW-UAP-PR057b

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"[Platform] Observes UAP in East China Sea 05 JAN 2023 INDOPACOM"

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Agency
Department of War
Incident date
2023As the catalogue writes it: “2023”
Place
Yellow SeaAs the catalogue writes it: “Yellow Sea”See the area on the globe →
Published in PURSUE
May 22, 2026
Records
1 record · Video
Redactions
Redacted passages in 1 of 1 records

01 Official description

On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “Spherical UAP in clouds,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating above the Yellow Sea in January 2023. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in June 2024.

Video Duration: 1:10

Video Description:

00:00-00:06: No content.

00:07-00:08: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from left and exits near the center of the right side of the frame.

00:09-00:20: The sensor pans and cycles zoom levels multiple times.

00:21-00:31: An area of contrast enters the frame from the left side of the screen. The area of contrast becomes indistinguishable against the background.

00:32-00:34: The sensor zooms in. An area of contrast becomes distinguishable against the background near the center of the frame.

00:35-00:52: The sensor pans to track the area of contrast from left to right.

00:53-00:56: The sensor zooms in. An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view from left to right in the bottom third of the frame.

00:57-01:10: 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.

AARO comment

This media is a duplicate of DOW-UAP-PR57a, alternately titled, “Spherical UAP in clouds.” This discrepancy exists because two uploaders titled the underlying material differently on a classified network.

02 Catalogue records · 1

  1. DOW-UAP-PR057b · Video · Department of War · May 22, 2026

    "[Platform] Observes UAP in East China Sea 05 JAN 2023 INDOPACOM"

    2023 · Yellow Sea

03 Related cases

Other catalogue cards from the same area or the same decade.

04 Sources

  1. [1]

    Record · U.S. Department of War

    Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)

    Card, descriptions and comments: PURSUE catalogue, U.S. Department of War. The files are not hosted here; they open on their official site.

    Checked on Oct 4, 2026 · Open the original ↗

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