Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024

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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.

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DOW-UAP-PR101 is a video report submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), documenting an unresolved UAP incident that occurred in 2024 over the South China Sea. The record consists of 1 minute and 46 seconds of infrared sensor footage captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform. The footage shows a sensor tracking one or more areas of contrast, zooming in twice over the first 33 seconds to reveal what appears as a line or cluster of distinct contrast regions moving across the field of view from lower right to upper left, followed by approximately one minute of the sensor panning to maintain tracking until the objects become indistinct with distance.

The report was released under the PURSUE Release 01 program on July 10, 2026. No OCR text is available, meaning no accompanying written analysis or metadata beyond the video description exists in this release. The platform type, sensor specifications, altitude, and speed of the observed objects are not disclosed. The report carries no analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the phenomenon, consistent with AARO's standard unresolved case designation.

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