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INDOPACOM·2023-08-22·Released 2026-05-08·Status: unresolved·1 min read

Indo-Pacific 2023, Companion Footage

Companion infrared footage from US Indo-Pacific Command operations in 2023, related to but distinct from the Japan football-shaped object encounter.

DOW-UAP-PR47: companion INDOPACOM 2023 infrared footage.

AARO / US Indo-Pacific Command

Incident date
2023-08-22
Released
2026-05-08
Source
INDOPACOM
Location
Indo-Pacific theater
Sensors
Infrared sensor
Media
video, document
Last verified
2026-05-08

Official description

DOW-UAP-PR47: short infrared video submitted by US Indo-Pacific Command. Records an unidentified object during routine operations in the theater.

Editor's context

Part of a small cluster of INDOPACOM encounters cataloged together in the May 2026 release. The cluster suggests recurring observations rather than isolated incidents, though specific correlation between events has not been published.

In the margins

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  • Stampp. DVIDS metadata
    U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND, DOW-UAP-PR47
  • Annotation
    Part of a 2023-2024 INDOPACOM cluster (PR46, PR47, PR48). Cluster patterns suggest recurring observations rather than isolated incidents, though specific cross-correlation between the events has not been published.

Cite the primary source

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. "Indo-Pacific 2023, Companion Footage." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-08. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006107. Accessed 2026-05-12 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/indopacom-2023-companion.

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