INDOPACOM UAP Videos (2023–2025) – PURSUE Files

These nine videos were submitted to AARO by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Three were released in PURSUE Release 01 (including one from Japan in 2023 that shows three objects keeping formation) and six in Release 04, ranging up to five minutes long. None came with a written report.^[1]

The records

DOW-UAP-PR047, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2023

DOW-UAP-PR047, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2023 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 59 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

Video Description:
00:00-01:59: The sensor tracks three distinct areas of contrast, maintaining their positions generally within the center of the frame. The areas of contrast appear to maintain a fixed position and orientation relative to one another.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR046, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024

DOW-UAP-PR046, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of nine seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

Video Description:
00:00-00:09: The sensor focuses on an area of contrast that resembles a football-shaped body with three radial projections: one oriented vertically, and two oriented downward at a 45-degree angle relative to the major axis of the main mass.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR048, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024

DOW-UAP-PR048, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of one minute and 39 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. The reporter did not provide any oral or written description of the observation.

Video Description:
00:00-01:39: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, maintaining its position generally within the center of the frame.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

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

DOW-UAP-PR100, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024

DOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 46 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.

Video Description:
00:01-00:12: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.
00:13-00:28: The sensor zooms in and tracks an elongated area of contrast, keeping it generally to the left of the center of the frame.
00:29-00:33: The sensor zooms in again. The area of contrast appears as a “line” of several areas of contrast moving across the sensor field-of-view from the bottom right to the top left.
00:34-01:44: The sensor pans to track the areas of contrast for approximately 1 minute. They become less distinct over time as their distance from the sensor increases.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024

DOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 36 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.

Video Description:
00:01-00:20: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.
00:21-00:29: The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view at the top of the frame.
00:30-00:36: The sensor zooms out and in several times. 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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR103, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024

DOW-UAP-PR103, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 16 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024.

Video Description:
00:01-01:16: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.
00:12-01:16: An auto-tracking reticle surrounds the area of contrast. The sensor tracks the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR104, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025

DOW-UAP-PR104, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 18 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Video Description:
00:01-00:15: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star, keeping it generally centered within the center of the screen.

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.

— Official PURSUE description

DOW-UAP-PR105, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2025

DOW-UAP-PR105, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2025 — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 5 minutes of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025.

Video Description:
00:01-00:14: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally centered within the center of the frame.
00:15-00:19: The sensor adjusts, and the image is momentarily overlaid with black rectangular areas.
00:20-1:34: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally centered within the center of the frame. Portions of the area of contrast intermittently lose distinctiveness against the background throughout this segment.
01:35-02:05: The sensor zooms in, panning from right to left to track the area of contrast. The area of contrast exits the scene from the right edge of the frame several times.
02:06-04:59: The sensor zooms out and in several times, and pans the field-of-view against the background. 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.

— Official PURSUE description

Analysis

Context. The western Pacific is the busiest area of U.S.–China military competition, with Chinese drones, surveillance balloons and maritime militia active near U.S. aircraft and ships. After the 2023 Chinese surveillance balloon incident, U.S. forces were told to report small airborne objects more readily, which likely raised the number of reports like these. Three objects that hold their positions relative to each other (PR047) could be a cluster of balloons drifting together or aircraft in formation; the video alone cannot tell.

Reading these reports. Speeds, sizes and altitudes in military UAP reports are usually operator estimates. A single infrared camera cannot measure distance, so an object’s speed is inferred from how fast it crosses the screen plus an assumed range; if the object is closer and smaller than assumed, it is also much slower (parallax). “Cold” objects in infrared are cooler than the background, which fits unpowered things like balloons. AARO’s public reports say most cases it has resolved turned out to be balloons, birds, drones, or sensor and display effects.^[2]

New or previously released? New. We found no earlier public release of these reports or videos.

Released files

See also

• U.S. Indo-Pacific Command
• INDOPACOM videos, 2023 (Release 06)
• AARO
• PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026) overview
• PURSUE Release 04 (July 10, 2026) overview
• PURSUE

References

1. ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026), Release 04 (July 10, 2026): DOW-UAP-PR047, DOW-UAP-PR046, DOW-UAP-PR048, DOW-UAP-PR100, DOW-UAP-PR101, DOW-UAP-PR102, DOW-UAP-PR103, DOW-UAP-PR104, DOW-UAP-PR105, with official descriptions. war.gov/ufo.
2. ^ All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Consolidated Annual Reports on UAP (2023–2025): most resolved cases were balloons, birds, unmanned aircraft or sensor artifacts.