Department of War - UAP Release 4

[flarkey]

Tranche 4 has just been released

https://www.war.gov/UFO/

https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=uap&view=grid&sort=publishdate

 

[flarkey]

Looks like a bunch of balloons...

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1014124/dow-uap-pr116-unresolved-uap-report-atlantic-ocean-2020

 

[flarkey]

The familar 6 pointed camera artefact is there again...

https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1014101/dow-uap-pr104-unresolved-uap-report-yellow-sea-2025

 

[RobertBillyBob]

Four of the videos are marked as "featured" on the war.gov website.
The "featured" column is a new addition to the .csv for this release.

 

[RobertBillyBob]

PR024 and PR030 are in this release, they are filling gaps we had in the numbering from previous releases. PR020 and PR025 are still missing, they might come out one day.

 

[Jack]

PR024 and PR030 are in this release, they are filling gaps we had in the numbering from previous releases. PR020 and PR025 are still missing, they might come out one day.

PR020 was released in tranche 1:

https://www.war.gov/UFO/search/pr02...P-PR020-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Kuwait-May-2022

 

[flarkey]

This one appears to show birds a crescent shaped craft like Kenneth Arnold saw near Mount Rainier in 1947.

https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDat...01-Unresolved-UAP-Report-South-China-Sea-2024

 

[RobertBillyBob]

PR020 was released in tranche 1:

https://www.war.gov/UFO/search/pr02...P-PR020-Unresolved-UAP-Report-Kuwait-May-2022

I missed this because I was only looking at videos, but that's a pdf containing one frame, I don't consider this as "released".

 

[RobertBillyBob]

This one appears to show birds
a crescent shaped craft like Kenneth Arnold saw near Mount Rainier in 1947.

https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDat...01-Unresolved-UAP-Report-South-China-Sea-2024

View attachment 91955

People have been dismissing the bird hypothesis because of the formation that is not V-shaped enough in their opinion.
If we can compare with PR016 which was resolved as birds, we see flattish formations are possible :
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/988673/pr-016-resolved-birds-europe-2023

 

[John J.]

The familar 6 pointed camera artefact is there again...

I'm guessing that whoever submits a UAP image/ video to AARO isn't obliged to consider the pattern of diffraction spikes that the imaging system might show. But I'm a bit disappointed that AARO doesn't comment on what are obviously diffraction spikes.

Video Description:
00:01-00:15: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star, keeping it generally centered within the center of the screen.

DOW-UAP-PR104, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025 https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1014101/dow-uap-pr104-unresolved-uap-report-yellow-sea-2025

The six-pointed star seems to be the focus of interest. It's a diffraction spike pattern.
If the original observer/ image analysts aren't aware of this, it poses questions about their training. If imagery like this is being submitted by other people who have access to the imagery but don't understand it, this also raises questions.

 

[Jack]

I missed this because I was only looking at videos, but that's a pdf containing one frame, I don't consider this as "released".

The description states that the report consisted of the image in its present state. I don't think there is more to it than what's been released.

 

[RobertBillyBob]

Some data can be recovered from PR101 redacted areas.

 

[brasco]

People have been dismissing the bird hypothesis because of the formation that is not V-shaped enough in their opinion.

Yes, and we can find plenty of footage and images of birds in a line, usually one side of the V or a very asymmetrical one.

 

[NoParty]

I know I'm being petty, but the use of the fancy french word "tranche" here,
is just hitting me weird. I even googled to see if it had another meaning, similar to "rubbish bin."

 

[Fritzkquzerk]

This one appears to show birds a crescent shaped craft like Kenneth Arnold saw near Mount Rainier in 1947.

https://www.war.gov/UFO/?releaseDat...01-Unresolved-UAP-Report-South-China-Sea-2024

View attachment 91955

I think these are unambiguously birds.

 

[flarkey]

I know I'm being petty, but the use of the fancy french word "tranche" here,
is just hitting me weird. I even googled to see if it had another meaning, similar to "rubbish bin."

Tranche isn't a fancy French word. Although admittedly it has its origins in French (like many in the English language) it is an English word often used to describe the multiple parts of a phased delivery.

 

[Fritzkquzerk]

Tranche isn't a fancy French word. Although admittedly it has its origins in French (like many in the English language) it is an English word often used to describe the multiple parts of a phased delivery.

We use it in Italian as well, same meaning.

 

[Chief Gleeby]

A lot of hoopla's being made over these images of what appears to be a slender triangular-ish object Columbia captured.

But here's the thing, the mission Columbia was on (STS-80) was carrying payloads: 2 Satellites that they released, let float in orbit for a while, and then re-captured!

Photos taken from within the shuttle of a distant object when one of their objectives is to recover some satellites that they themselves deployed... hmmmm....

The fact that none of this is mentioned on any of the image's pages is great too, really keeping this gravy train going lads, good work.

Also, as relayed by one of the crew for this mission, they saw diddly squat.

I have never seen any evidence in space or on Earth of spacecraft or phenomena not explained by our routine space operations in the shuttle or Space Station programs. My crewmates and I have not seen any evidence for UFOs or spacecraft of "alien" origin or behavior. - Tom Jones

A few minutes of googling was all it took! Hey DOW, hire me!

 

[Sebastian]

Tranche isn't a fancy French word. Although admittedly it has its origins in French (like many in the English language) it is an English word often used to describe the multiple parts of a phased delivery.

This term is also used in Germany.

 

[jdog]

I know I'm being petty, but the use of the fancy french word "tranche" here,
is just hitting me weird. I even googled to see if it had another meaning, similar to "rubbish bin."

I first heard the term tranche in regular use during reporting on the debt crisis of 2008, as a financial system term of art.

Subprime mortgages issued by some lenders were bundled together and sold off by other lenders in different tranches based on the expected level of risk of default. (All the risk assessments being wildly wrong is what contributed to the financial failure.)

 

[RobertBillyBob]

PR102 has a few frames you can almost read :