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DOD-022 · 2022-01-01

Yellow Sea — Spherical UAP High-Speed Video

DOD-022is this archive's internal reference, not an official government file number, and the SECRET tag is an editorial archival label — not a current U.S. classification. Now Declassified is an independent index and is not affiliated with the U.S. government. See the original records via NARA RG 615 / OSD.

DoD◎ Yellow Sea, East Asia◌ Asia#2022◈ Orb / Sphere↑ Low to medium altitude over water⏱ Short — rapid transit across sensor field
EVIDENCE GALLERY

Visual reconstruction and recovered media extracted from the incident dossier. Includes motion playback from the released archive.

Representative official gallery image traced to an official public-source archive

MEDIA STATUS
Official gallery media is shown as representative archive context for this case.
SOURCE TYPE
Sensor capture, analyst notes, and released archive media.
VIEW MODE
Still view highlights silhouette, environment, and encounter geometry.
AT A GLANCE

A classified video captured in 2022 over the Yellow Sea shows a spherical UAP moving at high speed. The footage, described by intelligence officials as among the clearest recorded encounters in the archive, is included in the May 2026 Pentagon release. The object's speed and flight characteristics were assessed as inconsistent with any known aerial platform.

PRIMARY WITNESSES
U.S. military sensor operators and crew
EVIDENCE PROFILE
VISUAL RECONSTRUCTIONVIDEO PLAYBACKORB / SPHERE
FILE ID
DOD-022
DATE
2022-01-01
AGENCY
DoD
REGION
Asia
SHAPE
Orb / Sphere
ALTITUDE
Low to medium altitude over water
OBSERVED BEHAVIORS
Rapid AccelerationSensor Interference
DECLASSIFIED DETAILS

A classified video captured by U.S. military sensors in 2022 over the Yellow Sea documents a spherical object moving at speed through the sensor field. Intelligence officials reviewing the footage characterized it as among the most visually clear UAP recordings in the archive — the object's spherical geometry and trajectory are unambiguous in the recording. The object's velocity and flight profile were assessed by military analysts as not matching any known manned or unmanned aerial vehicle in U.S. or foreign inventories. The Yellow Sea is a strategically sensitive maritime region adjacent to China and the Korean Peninsula, and U.S. military assets routinely operate sensor systems in the area. The specific platform and sensor system that captured the footage remain classified in the public version of the document. The video is included in the May 2026 Pentagon archive release as part of the second major batch of UAP-related records made available to the public.

KEY CHARACTERISTICS
  • ›Spherical object captured at high speed on military sensor footage
  • ›Described by intelligence officials as among the clearest UAP recordings in the archive
  • ›Flight speed and profile assessed as inconsistent with any known aerial platform
  • ›Captured over Yellow Sea — strategically sensitive maritime region
  • ›Recording platform and sensor system remain classified in public document
  • ›Included in May 2026 Pentagon archive release — second major public batch
ORIGINAL SOURCE

This incident is indexed as file DOD-022inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to NARA RG 615 / OSD, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.

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EVIDENCE STRENGTH
STRONG
Video Record
25
Still Imagery
0
Witness Credibility
20
Sensor Corroboration
20
Physical Evidence
0
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