United States Indo-Pacific Command
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OrgMilitary UnitU.S. Indo-Pacific Command is the geographic combatant command directing American joint military operations across the Indian and Pacific oceans.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is the geographic combatant command directing American joint military operations across the Indian and Pacific oceans.
United States Indo-Pacific Command is the geographic combatant command responsible for American military operations across the Indian and Pacific oceans and surrounding regions. Its lineage begins with Pacific Command in 1947; the current name was adopted in 2018 to reflect the connected strategic theater. Headquarters is at Camp H. M. Smith in Hawaii.
INDOPACOM integrates service components, assigned forces, intelligence, exercises, alliances, and contingency planning. The theater includes dense civilian traffic, advanced foreign militaries, missile tests, satellites, drones, and vast maritime areas. Sensor records can be distributed among ships, aircraft, bases, allies, and national agencies. INDOPACOM is one of the United States’ geographic combatant commands and coordinates components from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and special operations. Its area stretches from the western coast of the United States to the Indian Ocean. The headquarters integrates allied exercises, deterrence planning, intelligence, logistics, and responses to regional crises. Subordinate service components execute most platform-level activity, so a headquarters statement and a unit sensor record represent different layers of one command system.
Military videos and reports involving the Pacific enter contemporary UAP and national security discussions. A theater association establishes operational context, not object identity. Foreign surveillance, balloons, drones, classified tests, weather, and sensor effects all require evaluation before a case remains unresolved.
The command’s institutional value is cross-domain correlation across air, sea, space, and undersea systems. That capacity can resolve reports or identify threats, while classification limits public detail. Clear attribution should separate INDOPACOM headquarters, its service components, and NORAD, which has a different geographic mission.
A nine‑second infrared video recorded by U.S. Indo‑Pacific Command shows a silent, football‑shaped object with three precise projections and no visible propulsion. Submitted to AARO with zero explanation, this encounter remains one of the most unsettling pieces of raw UAP footage released under current directives. No commentary. No conclusions. Just a shape in the sky that refuses to obey the rules. UAP, UFOs, Military Footage, Infrared Video, AARO, Indo‑Pacific Command, Anomalous Phenomena,...
DOW-UAP-PR100, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023 "The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 4 minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: The overall quality of this video footage progressively degrades over its runtime. 00:01-00:08: In infrared mode, the sensor...
DOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024 "The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 46 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. Video Description: 00:01-00:12: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:13-00:28: The sensor zooms in and tracks...
DOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024 "The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 36 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. Video Description: 00:01-00:20: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:21-00:29: The area of contrast exits the sensor field-...
DOW-UAP-PR104, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025 "The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 18 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2025. Video Description: 00:01-00:15: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star, keeping it generally centered within the center of the screen.
Time: January 1, 2024 Location: South China Sea Filename: DOD_111830007 Official designation: DOW-UAP-PR101 — "Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024" VIRIN: 240101-D-D0360-7871 Length: 1 minute 44 seconds Source: U.S. Indo-Pacific Command → All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Sensor: Infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform Released: July 10, 2026 (Release 04 — fourth PURSUE tranche) Just dropped today on war.gov/UFO and DVIDS. Haven't seen it discussed on here yet. Offi...
Reminds me little of the DHS "Rubber Duck" video. Could be prosaic, Could be anomalous. No clue. I cut it down to less than a minute. And, as with all of these video, no metadata, which makes it very difficult for people good at analyzing these types of videos (not me), to decipher them. At 1:04 in, they switch to electro-optical, which is in color. I'll link to full video in replies if you want to see that. ~~~ "The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified ano...
DOW-UAP-PR100, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 4 minutes and 57 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2023. Video Description: The overall quality of this video footage progressively degrades over its runtime. 00:01-00:08: In infrared mode, the sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:09-01:03: The sensor zooms in and tracks the area of contrast, holding it generally within the center of the frame. 01:04-01:10: The sensor display switches modes to an electro-optical day time television camera feed (a collection mode that displays visible and near infrared signatures). The video features a dark object superimposed against a blue background. 01:11-01:13: The sensor display changes modes to infrared. The area of contrast is no longer visible within the frame. 01:14-02:16: The sensor zooms in and changes contrast settings. An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 02:17-02:22: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view. 02:23-02:46: The sensor reacquires and tracks the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 02:47-03:27: The sensor zooms in, tracking the area of contrast. 03:28-03:32: The footage appears to “skip,” or lose coherence. 03:33-03:46: The footage returns to its previous state, and the sensor continues to track the area of contrast generally within the center of the frame. 03:47-04:32: The sensor zooms out. 04:33-04:40: The area of contrast repeatedly leaves and enters the sensor field-of-view. 04:41-04:45: No content. 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.
DOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 46 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. Video Description: 00:01-00:12: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:13-00:28: The sensor zooms in and tracks an elongated area of contrast, keeping it generally to the left of the center of the frame. 00:29-00:33: The sensor zooms in again. The area of contrast appears as a “line” of several areas of contrast moving across the sensor field-of-view from the bottom right to the top left. 00:34-01:44: The sensor pans to track the areas of contrast for approximately 1 minute. They become less distinct over time as their distance from the sensor increases. 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.
DOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024
The United States Indo-Pacific Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 36 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. Video Description: 00:01-00:20: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:21-00:29: The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view at the top of the frame. 00:30-00:36: The sensor zooms out and in several times. No content 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.