DOW-UAP-PR151, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023
Yellow Sea UAP infrared video: military report (2023)
niche or mildly interesting
UAP Insight significance score
- Location
- Yellow Sea
- Incident date
- 2023
- Duration
- 49 seconds
- Witnesses
- Sensor only
- Released
- September 18, 2026
UAP Characteristics
Evidence Types
Official Conclusion
Unresolved
Official Description
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 49 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: 00:00-00:15: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast. 00:16-00:18: The sensor increases its level of magnification and pans to track the area of contrast. 00:19-00:49: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 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.
Key Findings
- →U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted a UAP report to AARO consisting of 49 seconds of infrared sensor video recorded in 2023.
- →The recording was made from a U.S. military platform in the Yellow Sea.
- →The sensor tracked an 'area of contrast', keeping it generally centered in frame from 00:19 to 00:49.
- →Magnification was increased between 00:16 and 00:18 while tracking continued.
- →The report is listed as unresolved, and the description states it offers no analytical judgment or conclusion.
Metadata and video description for a 49-second infrared sensor recording submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO, captured by a U.S. military platform over the Yellow Sea in 2023. The description only says the sensor tracked an unspecified 'area of contrast', with one magnification increase, and gives no shape, kinematic data or analytical conclusion.
Analyst Notes
Description gives no object shape, range, speed, altitude or environmental data. An 'area of contrast' in IR video could be a distant aircraft, vessel, bird, glint or sensor artifact. Sensor-only data, no witness accounts, no corroborating radar. Description is explicitly not an analytical judgment, and the video itself was not reviewed.
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