DOW-UAP-PR057a: Spherical UAP in Clouds — INDOPACOM, January 2023
Date
January 2023
Document Type
Video
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
▐ Partially RedactedIssuing Authority
Department of War / U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)
Summary
Full-motion sensor video released by the Department of War documenting a spherical UAP in clouds in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility in January 2023. The designation carries an 'a' suffix, indicating this is one of a numbered sub-series. AARO noted this video as a duplicate of East China Sea/Yellow Sea January 2023 footage released under a different title, making it a cross-reference record rather than an independent observation.
Significance
The 'a' designation and AARO's duplicate note are themselves significant: they reveal that the PURSUE catalog includes content-equivalent entries from different source records or classification chains, providing indirect evidence of multi-platform or multi-agency collection of the same event.