Visible in the sensor footage

00:00-00:03: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 00:04-00:07: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:08-00:25: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the frame. The sensor pans and zooms in to focus on the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:25-01:04: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view.

Release 05 · Official Video Record

DOW-UAP-PR123 — Pacific Ocean Sensor Video

Official Release 05 Pacific Ocean secondary capture presented as received after prior digital alteration.

This Release 05 record contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of secondary-capture infrared sensor footage from the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The official source states that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as received.

DOW-UAP-PR123 is an official Release 05 VID record titled “DOW-UAP-PR123, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019.” This Release 05 record contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of secondary-capture infrared sensor footage from the Pacific Ocean in 2019. The official source states that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as received. 00:00-00:03: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 00:04-00:07: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:08-00:25: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the frame. The sensor pans and zooms in to focus on the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:25-01:04: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. The official source states that DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 were captured contemporaneously. Each website record remains a separate source item. This footage is a secondary hand-held recording of an infrared sensor display, not native primary sensor data. The official source notes screen-recording limitations and states that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as received. 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.

Official source context

The primary source record is DOW-UAP-PR123, an official Department of War video record titled “DOW-UAP-PR123, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019.” According to the official source description: The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. This footage does not represent native primary sensor data, and the secondary recording method introduces limitations in fidelity, resolution, and overall visual quality. Artifacts inherent to filming a screen, such as blurring or flickering, may be present. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:03: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 00:04-00:07: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:08-00:25: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the frame. The sensor pans and zooms in to focus on the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:25-01:04: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 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.

Asset ID

FD-R05-VID007

Original filename

DOD_111887456.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

DOW-UAP-PR123

Primary official title

DOW-UAP-PR123, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Agency / source

Department of War

Incident date

2019

Incident location

Pacific Ocean

YouTube video ID

alsP5tVn1zo

YouTube URL

https://youtu.be/alsP5tVn1zo

Upload / publication status

draft

Needs human review

YES

Linked report ID

Not available

Linked report title

Not available

Notes

Primary asset context comes from DOW-UAP-PR123. No linked PDF report row was matched. Official source states media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO; human review retained.

Linked source records

The official source states that DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 were captured contemporaneously. Each website record remains a separate source item.

This record matters because it opens a five-part Pacific Ocean sequence that the official source says was captured contemporaneously and altered before AARO received it.

Limitations and interpretation

This footage is a secondary hand-held recording of an infrared sensor display, not native primary sensor data. The official source notes screen-recording limitations and states that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO and is presented as received. 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.