Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023

This video came to AARO from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and was recorded in 2023 over the Yellow Sea. It was published in the sixth PURSUE release on September 18, 2026, alongside several other short Yellow Sea clips from the same year. There is no accompanying operator report, and the platform is not named.

What happens in the clip

After a few empty seconds, a patch of contrast comes in from the bottom edge of the picture. From about 0:08 a rectangular overlay appears near the middle of the frame, which AARO calls a “focus box,” and the operator pans to stay with the object. In the last few seconds, from 0:52, part of the collecting platform itself gets in the way of the sensor, blurring the display and blanking out its right side.

Overlays and obstructions

Both of the clip’s distinctive features concern the sensor rather than the object. The focus box is part of the sensor system’s on-screen graphics. AARO’s note says the box “does indicate a physical change in the environment,” which in context reads like a slip for “does not”: the point of the note is that the box is only a display element. The obstruction at the end shows that a mounted sensor can have parts of its view blocked by the very aircraft or vessel carrying it. The release offers no identification and lists the case as unresolved. On infrared imaging, see FLIR.