INDOPACOM UAP Email Chain, April 2025
US aircraft observed single possible UAP on two nights over INDOPACOM AOR.
Jan 1, 2025
Japan
PURSUE Program

AI Disclosure Brief
AI assistedReported Object Read
US aircraft observed a single possible UAP flying at unknown altitude and speed, with no interference noted.
Notable Characteristics
- Altitude: unknown
- Duration: 12 seconds (10 Apr); 23 seconds (11 Apr)
- Environment: sky
Reported Motion
- flying
Evidence Notes
- UNCLASSIFIED tearlines from email chain
- Confirmed by INDOPACOM unit and OUSD(I&S)
Redacted email chain documents two brief US aircraft observations of possible UAP in INDOPACOM, with tearlines declassified to UNCLASSIFIED; no further details on object characteristics.
Unclear
visual
85%
Prosaic Leads
- Unidentified aircraft
- Sensor artifact
- Distant conventional object
Anomalous Indicators
- Labeled 'POSS UAP' in official tearlines
- No interference noted during observations
Evidence Gaps
- Unknown altitude, speed, shape
- Redacted personnel and unit details
- No sensor data or imagery provided
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 12 SECONDS AT 2353Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED."
Unknown speaker
UNCLASSIFIED tearline for 10APR25
"US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 23 SECONDS AT 0007Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED."
Unknown speaker
UNCLASSIFIED tearline for 11APR25
"Tearlines approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level."
Unknown speaker, Information Disclosure Analyst / Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Email confirmation
Pattern Mesh // linked sightings
Flying Discs Reports Compilation, 1949-1950
Air Force flight services document multiple unidentified objects defying conventional aircraft behavior.
Same country: Japan
Same source archive
Unresolved UAP Report Japan, 2023
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Same country: Japan
Same source archive
Range Fouler Debrief: Multiple Objects, Japan 2020
Pilot tracked fast-moving objects surpassing each other on radar screen.
Same country: Japan
Same source archive
Papua New Guinea High-Speed Overflights, 1985
State Department cable relays PNG intelligence reports of fast aircraft with lights, contrails, noise.
Same country: Japan
Same source archive
Papua New Guinea Overflights Inquiry, 1985
U.S. Embassy cables PNG reports of high-altitude, high-speed aircraft with lights and contrails.
Same country: Japan
Same source archive
Chronology Trace // before & after
Papua New Guinea High-Speed Overflights, 1985
Japan
Range Fouler Debrief: Multiple Objects, Japan 2020
Japan
Papua New Guinea High-Speed Overflights, 1985
Japan
Papua New Guinea Overflights Inquiry, 1985
Japan
Official Files // source material
1 linkedDOW-UAP-D50, Email Correspondence, INDOPACOM, April 2025
I just got off the phone with the unit that flies They said to me (b) (6) 1.4(a) that the two lines listed are on the UNCLASSIFIED level and that adding in the AOR as INDOPACOM is also at the UNCLASSIFIED level. (b) (6) PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead 12 AF / DET 3 (b) (6) 1.4(a) (b) (6) CLASSIFICATION: SECRET//NOFORN Hello, Per our conversaƟon, can you please confirm that the tearlines below are at the UNCLASSIFIED level? Also, could you please confirm that we can use the AOR INDOPACOM. Thank you, (b) (6) 1 (b) (6) CLASSIFICATION: SECRET//NOFORN (b) (6) CLASSIFICATION: SECRET//NOFORN Hello, I wanted to clarify that these tearlines are approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level. 1.4(a) on 10APR25 //UNCLASSIFIED// US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 12 SECONDS AT 23