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DOW-UAP-PR46 / Japan 2024
Official sourceGovernment release, object unidentified, full sensor data unavailable
A nine-second infrared clip was recorded in 2024 from a US military platform in the East China Sea. The official description compares the object with an American football, but the public material cannot establish its size, speed or origin.
Updated
A permanent PR46 file was opened and the missing range, telemetry and radar data were recorded.
What is still missing
Precise date and time, platform type, range, altitude, telemetry, radar, the complete source file and a detailed analytical conclusion.
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Claims and sources
Each source appears beside the statement it supports.
- Government archive
PURSUE released PR46 as part of the government material opened to the public in May 2026.
Official PURSUE archive - Secondary report
The report identifies a nine-second 2024 infrared clip and the separate 2023 file PR47.
Local report on the Japan-area material