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INDOPACOM UAP Videos, Yellow Sea and East China Sea (2023) – PURSUE Files

Six short infrared videos of unidentified objects recorded by U.S. military platforms near China and Korea in 2023, released in PURSUE Release 06
⚠ Note on validity: The government lists all six as unresolved. No mission reports or witness descriptions were released with them, so there is no reported size, speed or behavior to assess; the videos alone show small areas of contrast being tracked.
INDOPACOM videos, 2023
Date2023
LocationYellow Sea (5 videos); East China Sea (1)
Reported byU.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)
SensorInfrared, U.S. military platforms
ReleasedSept. 18, 2026 (PURSUE Release 06)
FilesDOW-UAP-PR143, 144, 148, 150, 151, 152
Previously public?No — new in this release
Official releaseUnresolved

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted six infrared videos from 2023 to AARO, five from the Yellow Sea (between China and the Korean Peninsula) and one from the East China Sea. Unlike the CENTCOM cases in the same release, they come with no mission reports or operator descriptions.[1]

The videos

DOW-UAP-PR143, Yellow Sea, 2023 (19 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

DOW-UAP-PR144, Yellow Sea, 2023 (27 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

DOW-UAP-PR148, East China Sea, 2023 (59 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

DOW-UAP-PR150, Yellow Sea, 2023 (57 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

DOW-UAP-PR151, Yellow Sea, 2023 (49 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

DOW-UAP-PR152, Yellow Sea, 2023 (1 min 38 s) — official upload on DVIDS (public domain).

In every clip the sensor pans to keep a single area of contrast near the center of the frame, sometimes changing magnification. In PR150 a “focus box” overlay appears (a display element, not a physical object), and in the last seconds the aircraft’s own structure blocks part of the view.[1]

Analysis

Possible explanations. Without range, size or speed data, these clips cannot be evaluated much beyond what is visible. Context matters, though: 2023 was the year of the Chinese surveillance balloon and the February 2023 shootdowns, after which U.S. forces were told to report small airborne objects more aggressively. Over the Yellow and East China Seas, likely candidates include balloons (surveillance, weather or debris), drones, and birds. AARO’s public reports say most cases it resolves fall into those categories.[2]

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

Released files

PURSUE IDTitleType
DOW-UAP-PR143Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)
DOW-UAP-PR144Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)
DOW-UAP-PR148Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)
DOW-UAP-PR150Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)
DOW-UAP-PR151Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)
DOW-UAP-PR152Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023Video (DVIDS)

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Release 06, DOW-UAP-PR143 to PR152, with official descriptions. war.gov/ufo.
  2. ^ All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Consolidated Annual Reports on UAP (2023–2025).
Source: U.S. Department of War, PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters), war.gov/ufo. Official records are U.S. government works in the public domain; summaries and analysis on this page are by UFO UAP Wiki.

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