DOW-UAP-PR052: UAP USO Formation (2024)
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Evidence quality · 6 components
Behavioral anomalousness · 4 components
TL;DR
A U.S. military FLIR sensor captured a formation of UAPs interacting with a water surface in a USCENTCOM maritime environment in 2024 — the first officially released U.S. government video of transmedium UAP behavior — published via PURSUE Release 2 with a DoW1 determination.
Confirmed
- ✓DOW-UAP-PR052 is a full-motion infrared video released by the Department of War via PURSUE Release 2 on May 22, 2026 (confirmed official release)
- ✓The video depicts a UAP formation in a maritime environment demonstrating water-interaction / transmedium behavior in the USCENTCOM AOR
- ✓The document received a DoW1 determination — AARO's highest formal finding of unresolved status
- ✓Transmedium capability (air-water transition) is documented by U.S. military sensor in official footage for the first time in the public record
Unresolved
- ?Exact date of the incident (June 2024 per media lookup; official release date redacted)
- ?Specific location within the USCENTCOM maritime AOR (partially redacted)
- ?Platform type, callsign, and sensor specifications (redacted per operational security)
- ?Whether objects entered the water, exited the water, or hovered at the surface boundary
- ?Number of distinct objects in the formation and their individual behavior patterns
Strongest mundane explanation
Marine birds (pelicans, frigatebirds) in tight formations produce FLIR signatures that can appear as coherent multi-object groups near water. Atmospheric ducting can create thermal artifacts near ocean surfaces. However, a DoW1 determination (highest unresolved finding) implies AARO's technical review specifically excluded the most common natural and sensor artifact explanations before assigning the finding.
In June 2024, a U.S. military sensor platform recorded a formation of unidentified objects interacting with a water surface — the defining characteristic of Unidentified Submerged Object (USO) behavior — in a USCENTCOM maritime environment. The infrared video captures multiple objects demonstrating transmedium capability: transitioning between or interacting with the air-water boundary in formation. Released via PURSUE Release 2 on May 22, 2026 with a DoW1 determination, this is the first officially released U.S. government video record documenting transmedium UAP behavior in formation. Transmedium capability had previously appeared in PURSUE Release 1 corpus entries (USS Omaha context, range fouler reports) but never as a named, institutionally-released video record with full PURSUE provenance.
Key Facts
- ›DOW-UAP-PR052 is the first officially released U.S. government video record of transmedium (USO) UAP behavior
- ›Event: June 2024 (per media lookup), USCENTCOM maritime AOR — full-motion infrared video
- ›Multiple objects in formation demonstrating water-surface interaction or transmedium transition behavior
- ›DoW1 determination: AARO's highest formal finding of unresolved status in the PURSUE system
- ›Trans-medium travel — crossing air-water or air-space boundaries without structural transition — is one of the five anomalous observables identified by AATIP
- ›Prior transmedium public evidence: USS Omaha 2019 video (leaked before official release); PURSUE Release 1 range fouler reports (documented but no video)
- ›This video provides the first institutionally-released, formally-provenance-documented video confirmation of the transmedium phenomenon