📅 Overview
In 2024, over the East China Sea, U.S. INDOPACOM military platforms captured a 9-second UAP video via IR sensor. The video clearly records a football-shaped body with three radial projections extending from it (one vertical + two at 45-degree angles). The East China Sea is directly adjacent to Korea, making this material highly relevant to Korean security.
📷 U.S. War Department / INDOPACOM / DVIDS (Public Domain) · PURSUE Phase 1
🎥 The "Football + 3 Projections" Structure
Official PURSUE description:
"An area of contrast that resembles 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."
🛂 Reporting
- ID: DOW-UAP-PR046
- Duration: 9 seconds
- Location: East China Sea (specifics redacted)
- Date: 2024 (specifics redacted)
- Classification: Unresolved
🌏 Direct Proximity to Korea
The East China Sea borders Korea + China + Taiwan + Japan. Korea's KADIZ (air defense identification zone) extends into part of this sea. PR046 may have entered Korean airspace, though not directly confirmed.
📺 Significance
- PURSUE material with direct relevance to Korean airspace security
- Most unusual shape description in PURSUE videos
- East China Sea = US-China hegemony contest zone where unresolved UAP occurred
📷 Related Photographs

Source: Public Domain — DoD INDOPACOM

