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This hand-held footage was captured by a U.S. military service member over the Pacific Ocean in 2019 and transferred by the U.S. Navy UAPTF to AARO in 2022. The source identifies the case as an unresolved UAP report.

AARO notes that low-light conditions affected the visual quality. The media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as it was received.

What the sensor shows, as described in the release:

00:00-00:08: The camera pans against the background, bringing two apparent light sources into frame from the top left corner. The recording device focuses on the light sources, keeping them generally within the center of the frame.

00:09-00:53: The camera pans against the background. As the camera pans, it repeatedly brings several apparent light sources into and out of the frame.

00:54-01:23: The sensor zooms in on the light source in the lower left quarter of the frame, focusing to bring it into the center of the field-of-view.

01:24-02:32: The sensor zooms out and continues to pan to track apparent light sources. As the camera pans, it repeatedly brings several apparent light sources into and out of the frame.

Declassified by the Department of War under the PURSUE UAP records release (tranche of 8/7/26).
Agency: Department of War
Incident: 2019, Pacific Ocean
Document ID: DOW-UAP-PR126
Running time: 2 minutes 33 seconds.