The sensor holds a tiny bright point
Department of War, East China Sea, 2024.
The INDOPACOM clip shows a bright elongated object, but the sky gives few reference points. Without range, size, and motion data, shape is fragile. The public image should not be asked to carry more than it can.
From the file
Visual note: IR/EO sensor footage of a small bright elongated object held in a central tracking reticle against a featureless grey sky, with edge HUD text blacked out by redaction boxes.