UNEXPLAINEDCRAFT
The Three-Legged Contact
2024 · East China Sea (INDOPACOM)
WHAT IT IS
Nine seconds of infrared holding a football-shaped body with three projections dead centre in the crosshairs: the sharpest shape in the whole release.
THE CASE FOR
Indo-Pacific Command reported it as unresolved. AARO describes a football-shaped body with three radial projections, one vertical and two angled downward at 45 degrees.
THE CASE AGAINST
Nine seconds, no movement and no account from the crew, so nothing fixes its size, distance or speed. The record makes no identification either way.
WHERE IT STANDS
Unexplained. No identification has been established. The record leaves it open.
STATUS IS OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT, NOT A VERDICT · REVIEWED 4 OCT 2026
THE RECORD
- DATE
- 2024
- PLACE
- East China Sea (INDOPACOM)
- RECORDED BY
- DOW-UAP-PR046 · released by the Department of War via AARO
- TECHNICAL
- Infrared sensor, US military platform · DOW-UAP-PR046 · 9 s · PURSUE Release 1, 8 May 2026
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