What UAP encounters has U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported?
“U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) has contributed multiple UAP encounters to the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog, including a 2024 'football-shaped object' captured on infrared sensor and a 'misshapen ball of white light' surrounded by a halo. INDOPACOM's UAP video set is hosted on DVIDS alongside CENTCOM material.”
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) is the U.S. combatant command responsible for the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and parts of East and Southeast Asia — the largest geographic AOR of any U.S. combatant command. INDOPACOM has contributed multiple modern UAP encounters to the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog. Notable INDOPACOM entries include a 2024 'football-shaped object' captured on a U.S. military aircraft's forward-looking infrared sensor and an INDOPACOM 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' clip in which the object exhibits a visible halo. INDOPACOM's UAP video set is hosted on DVIDS (the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) alongside CENTCOM, USNORTHCOM, and NORAD material. INDOPACOM's geographic scope means its UAP captures often involve naval aviation platforms (carrier strike groups operating in the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and the Philippine Sea), as opposed to CENTCOM's land-based fighter aircraft. UAP.WATCH indexes the INDOPACOM clips under /agency/dod.