INDOPACOM Sightings, April 2025: Classification Clearance Only

Brief

On April 10-11, 2025, US aircraft in the INDOPACOM AOR recorded two separate sightings of a possible UAP — 12 seconds at 2353Z on April 10 and 23 seconds at 0007Z on April 11 — both at unknown altitude and speed, with no interference noted. The email chain exists solely to adjudicate classification: a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician asked whether the observation tearlines and the INDOPACOM AOR designation could be released UNCLASSIFIED, and an Information Disclosure Analyst confirmed they could. All personnel names and unit designators are redacted under FOIA exemption b(6) and 1.4(a).

Metadata

Agency

Department of War

Release

5/8/26

Incident

4/10/2025-4/11/2025

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

2 pages

Classification

SECRET//NOFORN (correspondence); UNCLASSIFIED (observation tearlines)

Tags

POSS UAP, airborne observer, INDOPACOM, 2025, 12-second sighting, 23-second sighting, no interference

Key points

• US aircraft observed 1x possible UAP for 12 seconds at 2353Z on 10 April 2025, flying at unknown altitude and unknown speed, with no interference noted.p.2
• A second possible UAP was observed for 23 seconds at 0007Z on 11 April 2025, also at unknown altitude and unknown speed, with no interference noted.p.2
• Both observation tearlines were confirmed at the UNCLASSIFIED level by an Information Disclosure Analyst from the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.p.2
• The AOR is confirmed as INDOPACOM at the UNCLASSIFIED level.p.1
• The correspondence itself is classified SECRET//NOFORN; only the standardized observation tearlines are releasable unclassified.p.1
• All originating unit identifiers, individual names, and specific locating details are withheld under b(6) and 1.4(a) exemptions.p.1
• The unit that produced the mission report is described only as one that 'flies' — specific airframe or platform is redacted.p.1

Verbatim

• the two lines listed are on the UNCLASSIFIED level and that adding in the AOR as INDOPACOM is also at the UNCLASSIFIED level.

  p.1

• can you please confirm that the tearlines below are at the UNCLASSIFIED level?

  p.1

• I wanted to clarify that these tearlines are approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level.

  p.2

• US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 12 SECONDS AT 2353Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED.

  p.2

• US AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1X POSS UAP FOR 23 SECONDS AT 0007Z, FLYING AT UNK ALTITUDE AND UNK SPEED, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED.

  p.2

Most interesting

• The two sightings are separated by only 14 minutes — 2353Z on April 10 and 0007Z on April 11 — raising the question of whether they involve the same object or two distinct events.
• Neither sighting produced any interference with the observing aircraft, which is noted explicitly in both standardized tearlines.
• The chain of custody for classification review runs from a tactical PAROC Intel unit (12 AF/DET 3) up through the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, suggesting even brief UAP reports receive senior-level disclosure review.
• Both sightings are labeled 'POSS UAP' — the 'possible' qualifier is baked into the standardized reporting language, not an analyst's hedge added after the fact.
• Duration data (12 and 23 seconds) is the only quantitative measurement preserved in the unclassified tearlines; altitude, speed, and bearing are all listed as unknown.