UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 04 · JULY 10, 2026
PENTAGON UFO FILE · VIDEO · DOW-UAP-PR101Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024
This video of 1 minute 46 seconds is the South China Sea entry among the INDOPACOM clips in the fourth PURSUE release. It was recorded in 2024 by an infrared sensor on an unnamed U.S. military platform and passed to AARO by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; no mission report or witness account is published with it.
From one shape to a line of several
The clip changes character as the operator zooms in. At first the sensor follows a single patch of contrast. Zoomed in, from about 0:13, it looks elongated and sits left of center. A further zoom at around 0:29 shows it as a “line” of several contrasts crossing the picture from bottom right to top left.
For roughly the last minute the sensor pans to follow the group, which grows less distinct, and AARO attributes that fading to the objects getting farther from the sensor.
What the footage leaves open
The sequence shows how magnification can change what an object appears to be: something that looks like a single elongated form at one zoom level separates into several at another. The release does not count the objects, estimate their size or speed, or say how far away they were, and it gives no exact date or location within the South China Sea. As with the rest of the set, AARO calls its text a description, not an analytical judgment, and the case remains unresolved. More footage is at videos.
The official description
From war.gov/UFO, released July 10, 2026, quoted in full
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.