PR-46 — INDOPACOM 2024 (Irregular shaped balloon-like object)

[john.phil]

If the footage for PR-46 — INDOPACOM 2024 is inverted:

And the description is examined:

"(...) a football-shaped body with three radial projections: one oriented vertically, and two oriented downward at a 45-degree angle relative to the major axis of the main mass."
source: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006106/dow-uap-pr46-unresolved-uap-report-indopacom-2024

Then a surveillance aerostat such as the Raytheon JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) is a very good fit, however apparently retired in 2015:

modified from source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe..._launch_at_White_Sands_120224-A-UY615-006.jpg

Lockheed Martin TARS (Tethered Aerostat Radar System) is also a very good fit and still in active service:

source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/OAM_Aerostat_TARS_Deming_New_Mexico_(16715553462).jpg

The rippling effect in the footage seems to originate from atmospheric turbulence, but it could also be partially produced by the aerostat deflating subjected to the wind.

 

[Carling 4737]

Oops, only just spotted the dedicated thread for this one. Seen near Japan, apparently.

 

[Mick West]

Seen near Japan, apparently.

Link?

 

[Carling 4737]

Link?

Sorry Mick, had just posted the source on the main thread before discovering this thread. Here's what I wrote:

'This same image was reproduced in the British Times newspaper last Saturday (May 9 2026, page 46). according to the accompanying caption, this particular flying object was "reported near Japan".'

The object wasn't discussed in the column, however, so there was no clarification as to how they knew this. The reporter was George Grylls in Washington.