In footage from the South China Sea, a spot in the image becomes a line of moving marks.
A U.S. military camera tracked an area that appeared as a line of moving marks. The marks grew less distinct as they moved farther away.
It was captured by a thermal camera mounted on a U.S. military craft.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted the report to a U.S. office that investigates anomalous phenomena. The video was released as part of the record.
No. The video description does not identify what appears in the footage or offer an explanation.
In the South China Sea, a U.S. military camera tracked an area that looked different from its surroundings. It captured a thermal image, not a conventional photograph. When the camera zoomed in, the area appeared as a line of several distinct marks.
The marks moved diagonally across the image, from the lower-right corner to the upper left. The camera tracked them for about a minute, then they grew less distinct. The video documents the tracking but does not explain what it shows.
At the start of the video, the camera tracked an area that looked different from its surroundings. It then zoomed in on an elongated area, followed by another zoom. In the magnified image, what had first appeared to be a single area looked like a line made up of several separate areas.
That distinction matters: the video does not clearly show an identifiable object, but rather areas that look different in the image. They move across the camera’s field of view, from the lower right toward the upper left. The description does not identify the marks or explain what made them look that way.
The video was captured by a thermal camera mounted on a U.S. military craft. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted the report to a U.S. office that investigates anomalous phenomena. The record was released to the public, and the video was intended to show the tracking it documented.
The video runs for nearly two minutes. In its final section, the camera shifts the image to keep tracking the areas. For about a minute, they grow less and less distinct as the distance between them and the camera increases. The footage ends without showing what happened to them afterward.
It is not known what the marks were or what made them look that way. The video description does not identify what appears in the footage or offer an explanation for what the camera captured.
The marks begin as a spot, become a line, and then blur. The image leaves viewers with clear movement but no known identity.