DOW-UAP-PR127

Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Format
Video
Incident date
2019
Released
Release 05, August 7, 2026
Source
DVIDS

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 2 minutes and 29 seconds of footage captured via a hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light conditions at the time of capture influence the overall visual quality of the footage. 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: 00:00-00:17: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:18-00:26: No content. 00:27-00:43: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:44-00:47: No content. 00:47-00:49: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:50-00:52: No content. 00:53-00:57: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:57-01:02: No content. 01:02-02:28: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 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-PR127 is a 2 minute 29 second video recorded by a U.S. military service member over the Pacific Ocean in 2019 using a hand-held recording device under low-light conditions. The footage was transferred from the Navy's Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video shows a camera repeatedly panning to track an apparent light source across several segments, separated by brief intervals containing no visible content. No additional contextual metadata, sensor data, or witness statements are included in this release.

Two points warrant attention. First, the document explicitly states the footage was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as received — meaning the record's evidentiary integrity is already compromised at the point of ingestion. Second, this video is part of a five-item set (DOW-UAP-PR123 through PR127) captured contemporaneously, suggesting coordinated or sequential observation of the same phenomenon. No analytical conclusions are drawn in the release, and no OCR text was recoverable from the document.

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