War.gov/UFO - Department of War Releases UAP Files - 2026 Release 1

[JMartJr]

Sadly, a first pass does not spot a single obvious kite in the bunch. I'll examine them in more detail later next week,

 

[ThomasH]

This one with the off-shore windmills looks easily geolocated at least.

DOW-UAP-PR48, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024

https://www.war.gov/UFO/#DOW-UAP-PR48-Unresolved-UAP-Report-INDOPACOM-2024

They tend to show up nicely on Sentinel 2 Satellite images.

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EDIT: here's a quick look at the shape of the windfarm.View attachment 90179

Nice stitch
But not a single frame in the entire video shows the dot moving behind the windmills - it's just dimmed because of the chanced background when moving past them.

 

[Starflint]

PR-48 — INDOPACOM, 2024

AARO (INDOPACOM, IR sensor, 2024, 1m39s). Video Description:
00:00-01:39: The sensor tracks an area of contrast, maintaining its position generally within the center of the frame.

It is indeed possible that the object in the video is an inspection drone used by offshore wind farms, and from an engineering and maintenance perspective, this is currently a more reasonable explanation than a "high-speed anomalous craft." Modern offshore wind farms have long utilized drones equipped with infrared thermal imaging equipment for automated inspections of turbine blades, electrical systems, and towers. The video itself happens to be from an infrared perspective, and the target moves steadily between the turbines, which aligns perfectly with offshore wind drone operation scenarios. Based on estimates that modern offshore wind turbines are typically 200–250 meters tall with a spacing of about 0.8–1.5 kilometers, the size of the object in the video relative to the turbines actually resembles a small object within a few meters rather than a large aircraft. Furthermore, infrared long-focus gimbal videos are highly susceptible to the illusion of "high-speed lateral movement" caused by parallax and lens tracking; if the target is actually closer to the camera than the turbines, its true speed might only be a few dozen kilometers per hour, which is entirely consistent with the movement characteristics of a drone or a wind-drifted object. Meanwhile, the object in the video does not exhibit typical high-speed flight characteristics such as super-maneuverability, instantaneous acceleration, sharp turns, or high-heat exhaust plumes; therefore, the public video itself is currently insufficient to prove that it possesses anomalous flight performance.

An offshore project in 2026 has even achieved autonomous drone inspections while the wind turbines remain in continuous operation:

https://www.windtech-international....perating-wind-turbines?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Autonomous Path Planning Between Rotating Wind Turbines Using LiDAR UAVs：
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14637