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2024 · Yellow Sea, East and South China Seas

Spheres over the Yellow and East China Seas

On the record
Strength B · 8/10 · 6 independent
Evidence 4/4 · Witnesses 1/3 · Backing 3/3

More than a dozen released INDOPACOM infrared videos, though none carries a named observer's account.

Plausibility High
Score 11 · 6 factors for, 0 against

More than a dozen released INDOPACOM infrared videos; none with a named observer.

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Aggregate
When2023 – 2025
WhereYellow Sea, East and South China Seas
Backing6 independent
Evidencesensor data

The Indo-Pacific files are full of infrared footage: a sphere dipping in and out of clouds over the Yellow Sea in January 2023, a 'line' of several objects drifting across the South China Sea, and in 2025 an object 'resembling a six-pointed star' tracked over the Yellow Sea. Most come from U.S. surveillance aircraft watching China's coast, some of the most heavily monitored airspace on Earth.

Evidence, in date order (6)

  1. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data
  2. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data
  3. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data
  4. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data
  5. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data
  6. 2023INDOPACOM (via AARO, PURSUE)sensor data

How plausible · High

More than a dozen released INDOPACOM infrared videos; none with a named observer.

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    Access Military sensors.
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    No gain sought Official.
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    Independent convergence Many videos.
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    Checkable details check out Released.
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    Physical traces or official reaction Video.
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    Fits the documented skeleton PURSUE.

Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.

On the record

Claims

UAP cluster around military flashpoints, here between the U.S. and China.INDOPACOM infrared clip: 59-second track (East China Sea, 2023)speculationSourced, unconfirmedbelievers

Where

Yellow Sea, East and South China Seas
35.5°N 123.5°E · region only

war.gov files on this case (8)

Video"[Platform] Observes UAP in East China Sea 05 JAN 2023 INDOPACOM"DOW · Release 02 · 2023
Video"Spherical UAP in clouds"DOW · Release 02 · 2023
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024DOW · Release 04 · 2024
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024DOW · Release 04 · 2024
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2025DOW · Release 04 · 2025
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024DOW · Release 04 · 2024
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023DOW · Release 04 · 2023
VideoUnresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025DOW · Release 04 · 2025
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