Visible in the sensor footage

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.

Release 05 · Official Video Record

DOW-UAP-PR126 — Pacific Ocean Low-Light Video

Official Release 05 hand-held low-light recording with several apparent light sources entering and leaving frame.

This official Release 05 record contains 2 minutes and 32 seconds of hand-held low-light footage captured by a U.S. military service member in 2019. The source notes that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO.

DOW-UAP-PR126 is an official Release 05 VID record titled “DOW-UAP-PR126, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019.” This official Release 05 record contains 2 minutes and 32 seconds of hand-held low-light footage captured by a U.S. military service member in 2019. The source notes that the media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO. 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. The official source states that DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 were captured contemporaneously. Each website record remains a separate source item. This is hand-held low-light footage. The official source notes that low-light conditions affect visual quality and 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-PR126, an official Department of War video record titled “DOW-UAP-PR126, 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 2 minutes and 32 seconds of footage captured via hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light conditions at the time of capture influence the overall visual quality of the footage. 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: 00:00-00:08: 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. 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-VID010

Original filename

DOD_111887380.mp4

Primary asset type

VID

Official record ID

DOW-UAP-PR126

Primary official title

DOW-UAP-PR126, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Agency / source

Department of War

Incident date

2019

Incident location

Pacific Ocean

YouTube video ID

aurHkXQ-Tuw

YouTube URL

https://youtu.be/aurHkXQ-Tuw

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-PR126. 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 differs from the neighboring Pacific sensor-display captures by using a hand-held low-light recording of multiple apparent light sources.

Limitations and interpretation

This is hand-held low-light footage. The official source notes that low-light conditions affect visual quality and 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.