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."