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This infrared video from a U.S. military platform was submitted to AARO by United States Indo-Pacific Command. It documents a 2024 report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon in the South China Sea, described in the source as unresolved. The video file is redacted.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

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.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 7/10/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 2024, South China Sea
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR101
This release is redacted.
Running time: 1 minute 45 seconds.