Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-PR124

Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Format
Video
Incident date
2019
Released
Release 05, August 7, 2026
Source
DVIDS
Topics
Infrared / FLIR, Unresolved UAP reports

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 53 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: 00:00-00:01: An area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 00:02-00:29: The sensor zooms in on the area of contrast. 00:30-00:53: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 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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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-PR124 is a 53-second video record associated with a UAP incident over the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The footage was originally captured by a U.S. military platform's infrared sensor and recorded secondhand via a handheld device aimed at the sensor display. It was held by the Navy's UAPTF before transfer to AARO in 2022. The video shows an area of contrast centered in the sensor field-of-view, which the sensor then zooms toward before the contrast diminishes against the background. No personnel, platform type, or precise coordinates are identified in the release.

This record is one of five contemporaneously captured videos (DOW-UAP-PR123 through PR127), suggesting a single incident documented from multiple angles or at multiple moments. Two significant evidentiary limitations are noted: the secondary recording method degrades fidelity, and the footage was digitally altered prior to being reported to AARO, with no explanation of the nature or extent of that alteration provided. No OCR text is present, and no analytical conclusions are offered by the releasing agency.

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Records war.gov itself pairs with this one.

  1. DOW-UAP-PR123 Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019 Department of War Video 2019
  2. DOW-UAP-PR125 Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019 Department of War Video 2019
  3. DOW-UAP-PR126 Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019 Department of War Video 2019
  4. DOW-UAP-PR127 Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019 Department of War Video 2019

Closest matches by the text of the documents.

  1. DOW-UAP-PR117 Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 Department of War Video 9/8/21
  2. DOW-UAP-PR119 Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 Department of War Video 9/8/21
  3. DOW-UAP-PR120 Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 Department of War Video 9/8/21
  4. DOW-UAP-PR118 Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 Department of War Video 9/8/21
  5. DOW-UAP-PR121 Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 Department of War Video 9/8/21