Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Description from war.gov

The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. This footage does not represent native primary sensor data, and the secondary recording method introduces limitations in fidelity, resolution, and overall visual quality. Artifacts inherent to filming a screen, such as blurring or flickering, may be present. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:03: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 00:04-00:07: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:08-00:25: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the frame. The sensor pans and zooms in to focus on the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.  00:25-01:04: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 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.

Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on August 20, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.

DOW-UAP-PR123 is a 64-second video record dated to 2019, originating from a U.S. Navy platform operating over the Pacific Ocean. The footage was collected by the UAPTF and transferred to AARO in 2022. It is a secondary capture — a hand-held device recording an infrared sensor display — rather than native sensor output. The video shows an area of contrast appearing near the center of the frame, briefly losing distinctiveness, then reappearing as the sensor pans and zooms to track it through the remainder of the clip. No object identification, altitude, speed, or platform details are provided in the release.

The record carries two notable limitations. First, the secondary capture method degrades fidelity, meaning no quantitative sensor data can be extracted from this footage. Second, the document explicitly states the media was digitally altered before it reached AARO, and is presented in that altered state — the nature and extent of the alterations are undisclosed. This record is one of five contemporaneously captured files (PR123–PR127), suggesting a multi-angle or multi-segment documentation of the same incident, though those companion records are not reproduced here.

Machine summary

Most frequent words

Related records

Paired by war.gov 4

Similar records 5