Description

Time: January 1, 2024
Location: South China Sea

Filename: DOD\_111830007
Official designation: DOW-UAP-PR101 — "Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024"
VIRIN: 240101-D-D0360-7871
Length: 1 minute 44 seconds
Source: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command → All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
Sensor: Infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform
Released: July 10, 2026 (Release 04 — fourth PURSUE tranche)

Just dropped today on war.gov/UFO (https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/04/?type=.vid) and DVIDS (https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1014097/dow-uap-pr101-unresolved-uap-r…). Haven't seen it discussed on here yet.

Official Department of War / AARO 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 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."*

— U.S. Department of War, AARO

The interesting frame is around 0:29–0:33 — what the sensor initially tracks as a single area of IR contrast resolves under zoom into what the official write-up describes as a *"line of several areas of contrast"* moving diagonally across the frame. Formation-style multi-contact IR signatures over open ocean are exactly the kind of thing that AARO classifies as "unresolved" — meaning after their internal review they cannot determine what it is.

This is one of \~19 videos in the fourth war.gov (http://war.gov) PURSUE release (July 10, 2026), which just went live a few hours ago.