Indo-Pacific theater — 2024

Incident summary

Video documentation from the Indo-Pacific theater shows a football-shaped object. Released as part of the PURSUE first tranche.

Why this case matters

This incident is logged in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog — the U.S. Department of War's rolling declassified UAP file release (Release 01 on 2026-05-08, Release 02 on 2026-05-22) — under identifier PURSUE-007. The originating agency is the Department of War (DoD); the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated ANOMALOUS by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.

Primary-source evidence

Declassified documents

• DOW-UAP-D50, EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE, INDOPACOM, APRIL 2025 (DOC-063 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D6, MISSION REPORT, ARABIAN GULF, 2020 (DOC-070 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)

Video evidence

• INDO-PACIFIC // FOOTBALL-SHAPED OBJECT (VID-002 · IR · 22s)
• INDOPACOM // FOOTBALL-SHAPED BODY // NEAR JAPAN (VID-010 · IR · 20s)
• DOW-UAP-PR46 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / INDOPACOM / 2024 (VID-041 · IR · 9s)
• DOW-UAP-PR47 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / INDOPACOM / 2023 (VID-042 · IR · 119s)
• DOW-UAP-PR48 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / INDOPACOM / 2024 (VID-043 · IR · 99s)