Two Aircraft Saw an Unidentified Phenomenon
Two sightings were separated by 14 minutes. One lasted 12 seconds, the other 23.
Two sightings were separated by 14 minutes. One lasted 12 seconds, the other 23.
Two American aircraft reported an unidentified phenomenon 14 minutes apart. The sightings lasted 12 and 23 seconds, with no details on altitude or speed.
A two-page email correspondence (overall classification SECRET//NOFORN) between an Information Disclosure Analyst in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead at 12 AF / DET 3, requesting and confirming that two tearlines describing possible UAP observations by US aircraft on 10 APR 25 and 11 APR 25 are approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level, and that use of the AOR designation INDOPACOM is also UNCLASSIFIED. The tearlines describe brief possible-UAP sightings (12 seconds and 23 seconds) at unknown altitude and unknown speed with no interference noted.
US aircraft observed 1x possible UAP for 12 seconds at 2353Z, flying at unknown altitude and unknown speed; no interference was noted.
US aircraft observed 1x possible UAP for 23 seconds at 0007Z, flying at unknown altitude and unknown speed; no interference was noted.
"Per our conversation, 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."
Why it matters: Establishes the purpose of the email exchange: declassification/AOR-use confirmation for UAP tearlines.
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"that the two lines listed are on the UNCLASSIFIED level and that adding in the AOR as INDOPACOM is also at the UNCLASSIFIED level."
Speaker: PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead, 12 AF / DET 3
Why it matters: Confirms that both the tearline content and the INDOPACOM AOR designation are unclassified.
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"I wanted to clarify that these tearlines are approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level."
Speaker: Information Disclosure Analyst, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security
Why it matters: Formal confirmation of unclassified status for the tearlines that follow.
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"US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 12 SECONDS AT 2353Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED."
Why it matters: Verbatim unclassified tearline of the 10 APR 25 observation.
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"US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 23 SECONDS AT 0007Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED."
Why it matters: Verbatim unclassified tearline of the 11 APR 25 observation.
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(b)(6) redacted — PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician, Team Lead
PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead · 12 AF / DET 3 · Page 1
(b)(6) redacted — Information Disclosure Analyst
Information Disclosure Analyst · Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security · Page 2
12 AF / DET 3
U.S. Air Force · Page 1
PAROC
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US aircraft
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Sender/recipient name and contact info in email header
Likely reason: (b)(6) — personal privacy
Classification marking line near sender block
Likely reason: 1.4(a) — national defense (classified information)
Additional name/identifier block
Likely reason: (b)(6) — personal privacy
Sender/recipient names in email header
Likely reason: (b)(6) — personal privacy
Header line preceding the 10APR25 tearline
Likely reason: 1.4(a) — national defense
Header line preceding the 11APR25 tearline
Likely reason: 1.4(a) — national defense
Information Disclosure Analyst name and contact info
Likely reason: (b)(6) — personal privacy
Document is overall marked SECRET//NOFORN but the tearlines themselves are confirmed UNCLASSIFIED. The two observations on 10APR25 (2353Z) and 11APR25 (0007Z) are ~14 minutes apart and may describe the same encounter or sequential encounters in the INDOPACOM AOR. Companion to email-correspondence slugs 060 and 061. Likely references an underlying mission report not included in this release.
The reports describe a possible unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP), but do not specify what it was.
No. Both reports stated that no interference was recorded.
At 11:53 PM, an American aircraft observed something in the air. The sighting lasted 12 seconds, then ended.
Fourteen minutes later, another American aircraft reported a similar phenomenon. It, too, was seen for a brief period — 23 seconds. Both reports describe something the crews couldn't identify, but they offer no clear clue as to what was observed.
The first sighting was recorded on April 10, 2025, at 11:53 PM. The report described a possible unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) that was observed for 12 seconds.
The second report was recorded on April 11, at 12:07 AM — shortly after midnight. According to the recorded times, 14 minutes elapsed between the sightings. This time, the sighting lasted 23 seconds. Thus, within minutes, two brief reports of an unidentified appearance emerged.
In both cases, it was stated that an American aircraft observed the phenomenon. The reports did not provide basic details that could help understand what was there: neither altitude nor speed. No specific shape, color, or movement was described either.
The reports note that no interference with the flight was recorded. This is all the information provided regarding the phenomena's impact on the aircraft; there is no description of a chase or an unusual reaction from the crews. Therefore, beyond the duration of the sightings and the times they were reported, there are almost no details to hold onto.
The information appears in an email correspondence that describes the content of mission reports and requests clarification. Parts of the correspondence were redacted, but the two sighting descriptions appear within it. They are originally marked as information approved for public release without classification — meaning, not classified information.
It is unknown what the aircraft saw, and no routine explanation for the sightings was provided. The document also warns that the descriptions reflect the interpretation of those who reported at the time of the event, and do not prove that the object seen had special characteristics.
Two brief appearances, 14 minutes apart. And what passed in front of the aircraft in those seconds? The reports don't say.