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DOW-UAP-PR46, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024

Open Sky release file MP4 (browser playable) Official DVIDS source page

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DOW-UAP-PR46, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024

Evidence media

The Open Sky release-file copy is the verified public DVIDS MP4 DOD_111689133: 3,005,135 bytes, SHA-256 34ffb5ae5fe4f85871d41579767e4e37bc5c8cbba47fb63a40b8a4e4f39d613d, H.264 1920 × 1080 video, 30 fps, and about 9.87 seconds long. The release video contains silent AAC audio and does not include the original sensor export, platform telemetry, range, field-of-view values, or an operator narrative.

DVIDS describes the clip as infrared-sensor footage from a U.S. military platform submitted by INDOPACOM to AARO, with no oral or written observation description from the reporter. The source description is informational; it should not be read as an analytical judgment, identification, or resolution of the event.

Investigation reading

This is a short DVIDS-hosted Release 01 video item. The reviewed public release copy is a 3,005,135-byte MP4 with SHA-256 34ffb5ae5fe4f85871d41579767e4e37bc5c8cbba47fb63a40b8a4e4f39d613d. The MP4 decodes as H.264 video at 1920×1080, 30 fps, 296 frames, about 9.87 seconds long. It also contains an AAC stereo audio stream; in the reviewed public copy, decoded audio samples were silent.

The video was reviewed across the full runtime at half-second intervals, with the central region checked separately because the official description says the sensor is focused on an area of contrast. The review is descriptive only. It does not identify the object, measure range or speed, or resolve whether the visible contrast comes from scene content, sensor processing, display processing, compression, or some combination of those factors.

What the file appears to contain

The public MP4 shows a monochrome, infrared-looking sensor display with a mostly smooth gray background and a compact high-contrast feature near the center of the frame. The central feature remains visible across the sampled 0–9 second interval. It appears as a bright-and-dark cluster with an elongated darker component toward one side and smaller protruding or lobe-like contrast elements that shift in edge definition from frame to frame.

The official DVIDS description says the clip consists of nine seconds of infrared sensor footage from a U.S. military platform in 2024, submitted by United States Indo-Pacific Command to AARO. It says no oral or written observation description was provided by the reporter. The official video description states that from 00:00 to 00:09 the sensor focuses on an area of contrast resembling a football-shaped body with three radial projections: one vertical and two downward at roughly 45 degrees relative to the main mass.

The visible display also includes non-scene elements: bracket-like central symbology, a small N marker, and black masks or blocks along portions of the top, right, and lower frame. Those overlays should not be read as physical scene content. The central contrast feature appears roughly stable inside the bracketed region, with subtle frame-to-frame changes in brightness, outline, and internal dark/bright structure. The public MP4 alone does not show enough context to determine whether the apparent shape changes are physical, optical, electronic, stabilization-related, or compression-related.

Source custody and provenance

  • Official DVIDS page: DOW-UAP-PR46, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024
  • Open Sky release-file copy: MP4
  • DVIDS video ID: 1006106
  • DVIDS filename: DOD_111689133
  • DVIDS VIRIN: 240102-D-D0360-7891
  • DVIDS date taken: 01.01.2024
  • DVIDS date posted: 05.08.2026 07:50
  • DVIDS category: B-Roll
  • DVIDS location field: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)
  • Release 01 incident location field: East China Sea
  • Release 01 incident date field: N/A
  • Official CSV row recorded for this video asset: 103
  • Verified public MP4 size: 3,005,135 bytes
  • Verified public MP4 SHA-256: 34ffb5ae5fe4f85871d41579767e4e37bc5c8cbba47fb63a40b8a4e4f39d613d

The custody trail is therefore official-primary but thin: the public record is a DVIDS page, a public MP4, and the Release 01 manifest description. It is not the original sensor export, and no unredacted platform, range, field-of-view, track, or operator narrative is included in the public item.

Graph context

Open Sky's graph has an exact VideoEvidence record for official:video:war-pursue-uap-release:dvids-1006106 and a Release 01 Document record for the corresponding WAR.GOV/PURSUE release entry. The graph currently preserves nine extracted source-text claims, seven entity/date/location mentions, no structured sensor-event node, and no table-row records for this item. The claim and mention set is mostly custody metadata: AARO, Department of War, INDOPACOM, DVIDS, 2024, 2026, and the PR46 identifier.

The graph text chunks available for this item are the official manifest description and the Release 01 CSV-style record text. There is no separate transcript or reporter statement beyond the DVIDS description. A graph row-number tension remains visible: the selected video asset carries Release 01 row 103, while one release-record anchor is modeled around current-row 100. That should be treated as a provenance cleanup lead, not as a substantive case finding.

The graph also shows source-family related links to PR43 and PR49. Those links are useful for navigation and comparison of release records, but they do not by themselves establish a shared platform, event, collection chain, or explanation.

Leads to check

  • Compare the public MP4 against any companion INDOPACOM/AARO release material if an original sensor export, still frames, or mission packet becomes available.
  • Reconcile DVIDS (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) with the Release 01 East China Sea location field, and keep the DVIDS 01.01.2024 date separate from the Release 01 N/A incident-date field.
  • Resolve the row-number provenance mismatch between the video asset's row 103 and the modeled release-record anchor around current-row 100.
  • Check whether PR43 and PR49 share only release-family metadata or whether an external source later ties them to a common collection context.
  • If exact time, coordinates, platform geometry, sensor model, field of view, and range/range-rate become available, then ordinary traffic, weather, astronomy, satellite/reentry, balloon/debris, bird, drone, and sensor-artifact checks can be performed properly.

Lead check notes

  • Checked — released MP4 identity: The Release 01 inventory record for DVIDS 1006106 points to DOD_111689133; the Open Sky release-file copy verifies at 3,005,135 bytes with SHA-256 34ffb5ae5fe4f85871d41579767e4e37bc5c8cbba47fb63a40b8a4e4f39d613d.
  • Blocked — original sensor and mission context: The public DVIDS/Release 01 material exposes the MP4 and source description only. The original sensor export, unredacted frames, platform track, field-of-view/stabilization data, range or range-rate, operator notes, and mission packet are still missing.
  • Partial — location/date/row provenance: DVIDS lists location as (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION) and date taken as 01.01.2024; Release 01 lists East China Sea and incident date N/A. The video source metadata carries row 103, while the modeled release-record anchor appears around current-row 100, so these remain provenance-cleanup issues rather than resolved event facts.
  • Partial — related-record comparison: Current graph/wiki context links PR46 to PR43 as release-family/navigation context; PR49 exists as a separate release item and graph neighbor. No checked source ties PR46, PR43, and PR49 to a shared platform, time window, location, or collection chain.
  • Needs external source — ordinary-context checks: Aircraft, balloon/debris, bird, drone, satellite/reentry, weather, astronomy, traffic, sensor-artifact, display-processing, and line-of-sight checks require exact time, coordinates, platform geometry, sensor details, and preferably original sensor data not present in the public MP4.

Deep investigation — graph + web reconnaissance

Source and media reread

The source record remains a video-only public release, not the original sensor export or a complete mission packet. The verified Open Sky release-file copy is the DVIDS MP4 DOD_111689133: 3,005,135 bytes, SHA-256 34ffb5ae5fe4f85871d41579767e4e37bc5c8cbba47fb63a40b8a4e4f39d613d, MP4 ftyp magic, H.264 1920×1080 video at 30 fps, 296 frames, about 9.87 seconds, with a silent AAC audio stream in the reviewed public copy. The direct public CloudFront MP4 also answered a range request with bytes 0-2047/3005135.

The live DVIDS page was reachable during this check and preserved the same custody fields: Video ID 1006106, VIRIN 240102-D-D0360-7891, filename DOD_111689133, category B-Roll, date taken 01.01.2024, date posted 05.08.2026 07:50, length 00:00:09, location (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION), and All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office courtesy. The source text says INDOPACOM submitted nine seconds of infrared-sensor footage to AARO and that the reporter did not provide an oral or written observation description.

A fresh sampled-frame reread supports the existing page description. The public frames are grayscale/infrared-looking, with a mostly uniform gray field, sensor/video grain, black masks around display regions, bracket-like central reticle marks, small tick marks, and a visible N marker in the cropped center region. A compact, irregular, high-contrast central feature remains near the reticle across sampled frames, with adjacent bright and dark lobes and subtle frame-to-frame changes in outline and brightness. The official football-shaped body with three radial projections wording is source-description language, not a finding; the public MP4 does not provide stable fine detail, landmarks, range, scale, platform geometry, or enough sensor metadata to determine whether the apparent shape is physical, optical, electronic, display-processed, stabilized, or compression-influenced.

Graph connections and extraction quality

The graph has an exact VideoEvidence asset for official:video:war-pursue-uap-release:dvids-1006106 and a separate Release 01 manifest Document row for DOW-UAP-PR46. The exact video asset carries the canonical DVIDS URL, DVIDS short URL, MP4 URL, 3,005,135-byte download size, matching SHA-256, related CSV row [103], incident-date field N/A, and incident-location field East China Sea. The manifest document is anchored around current row 100, while the video asset is row 103; one row-record also retains stale PR43 final-URL/cache fields. Those are row/final-URL reconciliation leads, not evidence that PR46 and PR43 are the same event.

Semantic extraction for PR46 is thin and appropriately treated as machine-reviewed source indexing: 9 Claim nodes, 7 EntityMention nodes, 0 SensorEvent nodes, and no exact CANDIDATE_CROSSLINK edges returned for the video asset. The claim/entity set mostly repeats source identity and metadata: AARO, Department of War, INDOPACOM, DVIDS, DOW-UAP-PR46, 2024, and 2026. One extracted observation/witness_testimony row is actually the source disclaimer warning readers not to treat the video description as an analytical judgment. It should be handled as an extraction-quality artifact, not as witness testimony or corroboration.

The graph text chunks available for this item are the official manifest description and CSV-style release record. Direct related links to PR49 and source-family context around PR43 are useful for Release 01 navigation and provenance cleanup, but they do not establish a shared platform, time window, collection chain, object, or explanation.

External provenance and official-source checks

Official-source custody is strongest at DVIDS for this item: the DVIDS page is live, the short DVIDS URL resolves to the same PR46 page, and the CloudFront media object serves the expected MP4 byte range. WAR.GOV/PURSUE landing and uap-release001.csv probes returned 403 during this check; that is an access/custody limitation rather than a contradiction because the DVIDS page and the verified release-file copy both remain consistent with the inventory record.

Internet Archive availability showed a DVIDS page snapshot at 20260517233453 and a WAR.GOV UFO landing-page snapshot at 20260519012013. Those snapshots are useful provenance leads, but they were not used as replacement custody for the MP4 because the live DVIDS page and public media object were reachable.

No companion mission report, original sensor export, unredacted frame set, platform log, range/range-rate data, field-of-view sheet, operator notes, or AARO analytical packet surfaced in the source reread, page reconnaissance, or exact graph context. The public release remains a short public MP4 plus publisher description.

Prosaic checks and open questions

The release gives East China Sea as the incident-location field but DVIDS lists (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION), and the Release 01 incident-date field is N/A while DVIDS carries only a 01.01.2024 date-taken field. That is not enough to perform meaningful astronomy, weather, launch, satellite/reentry, traffic, maritime, bird, balloon/debris, drone, or line-of-sight exclusions. Those checks need exact time, coordinates, platform track, sensor model, field of view, stabilization state, range/range-rate, altitude, and preferably the original sensor export.

The first ordinary lanes to preserve are sensor/display processing, contrast enhancement, compression, masked metadata, reticle/overlay interpretation, focus/gain/stabilization behavior, thermal polarity or edge enhancement, and conventional airborne/maritime/spaceborne sources once geometry is available. Until then, the central feature can be described as a persistent unresolved contrast feature in a public sensor-display MP4, but not identified.

Audit note

This section adds source-grounded graph and web reconnaissance only. It preserves the existing media links and does not convert DVIDS publisher wording, graph machine extractions, or visual-review notes into a Finding, Hypothesis, or resolution. PR46 remains needs_human_review and not_a_finding.

Limits

This page is a graph-investigation draft and is not a finding. The public video is short, compressed, and redacted/masked. It lacks the original sensor file, chain-of-custody packet, platform track, range, calibration, field-of-view values, operator notes, witness narrative, and environmental context. The visible central contrast feature can be described as persistent and unresolved in the public MP4, but the file does not support object identification, size, speed, altitude, distance, propulsion claims, or a prosaic/anomalous resolution.

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