Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023

Date: 2023
Place: Yellow Sea
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 2020s with 169 othersAll cases

What was reported

57 seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform over the Yellow Sea (Indo-Pacific Command submission, 2023). A digital 'focus box' overlay appears while the sensor tracks an area of contrast; the collection platform's own geometry occludes and blurs the display near the end. No accompanying report, witness statement, or AARO Comment.

What officials concluded

Unresolved

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency: Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9

No: Visual
Yes: Infrared
No: Radar
No: Video
No: Photo
No: Film
No: Audio
No: Night vision
No: Other sensor

Witnessescount not stated

No: Civilian
Yes: Military aircrew
No: Military ground
No: Airline crew
Yes: Sensor operator
No: Law enforcement
No: Scientist
No: Astronaut
No: Intelligence official
No: Other

Shapenot stated

No: Light only
No: Orb or sphere
No: Disc
No: Triangle
No: Cylinder
No: Cube
No: Other shape

Effectsnone reported

No: Physiological
No: Physical trace
No: Electromagnetic
No: Sound
No: Silent

Why this rating Single sensor, no report or witness statement; the platform's own geometry blurs and blocks part of the display near the end of the clip, reducing rather than adding evidentiary content.

As described in the file

Witnesses: Not named; military sensor operator, no direct quote
Sensors: Infrared
Motion: Tracked under an auto-tracking 'focus box' overlay; view later blurred/blocked by the platform's own structure
Duration: 57 seconds

Pentagon files

VideoDOW-UAP-PR150Release 6
DOW-UAP-PR150, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023
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What the file claims

Unverified
The government's own video description states that the 'focus box' overlay is a graphical component of the sensor system and (per the blurb's literal wording) 'does indicate a physical change in the environment.'

On the map

36.00° N, 123.00° E, a position at sea, approximate

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