DOW-UAP-D003, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
Official description
This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing a “line of dots followed by a trailing dot.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
✦ AI summary
This is a U.S. Department of War (formerly DoD) UAP Mission Report (MISREP), classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY, declassified with a 2048 declassification date, released as document D-3 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series. It is a standardized structured form (Narrative/Admin, Operation, MSGID, POC, Ingest/Acequip avionics fields, Timeline/Takeoff, ISR, and UAP event sections) submitted by a U.S. Air Force unit under AFCENT (Air Forces Central Command). Nearly all identifying operational details -- unit, aircraft callsign, tail numbers, exact mission tasking, and personnel names -- are redacted under exemption (b)(1)1.4a (classified national security information) and (b)(3)/(b)(6) (personnel privacy and statutory withholding). The substantive UAP content states that at approximately 1736Z, four UAP were observed beneath the reporting aircraft's field of view: one object at 17:36:22, two objects side-by-side at 17:36:30, and one object at 17:36:49; cloud coverage obstructed the sensor/observer from maintaining a clear visual track (cross-referenced to an associated ISR product, 'ISR 1'). Standardized UAP-characterization fields (advanced capabilities/materials, propulsion, physical state, effects on persons/equipment, RF signature) are present in the form but the substantive answers are redacted or marked 'NO' for advanced capabilities/materials; no additional narrative detail on shape, maneuvering, or resolution is available in the extracted text.
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[PAGE 1] (b)(1)1.4a Misrep 8799515 Narrative (b)(1)1.4a, (b)(1)1.4c (b)(1)1.4a Admin CLASSIFICATION Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): (b)(1)1.4a (b)(1)1.4a • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20480603 OPERATION • Operation: (b)(1)1.4a • Domain: (b)(1)1.4a • Operations Center: (b)(1)1.4a • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): (b)(1)1.4a MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): (b)(1)1.4a • Submit Date (Auto-generated): (b)(1)1.4a [PAGE 2] MSNID (b)(1)1.4a • Tasking Order (ATO): (b)(1)1.4a • Mission Type: (b)(1)1.4a • ATO Mission Number: (b)(1)1.4a • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE POC • Rank: [redacted] • Full Name: [redacted] • Unit: [redacted] • Wing: [redacted] • Phone Number: [redacted] • Email: [redacted]@mail.smil.mil [personnel identifiers redacted under (b)(6), (b)(3) 10 U.S.C. §130b] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: [redacted] [APPROVER fields, same personnel redactions] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: [redacted] [PAGE 3] INGEST (b)(1)1.4a • Rank/Full Name/Unit/Wing/Phone/Email: [redacted] • Service/Operations Center: [redacted] ACEQUIP (aircraft equipment fields — all redacted or blank): • Aircraft Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • Radar Name/Destination, Radar Software Load/Mission Data, RWR Name/Designator, RWR Software Load, MWS Name/Designator, MWS Software Load, IRCM Name/Designator, IRCM Software Load, ECM Name/Designator, ECM Software Load, CMD Name/Designator, Chaff Designator, Num Chaff/Cartridges, Flare Designator, Num Flares, Type/Num Radar-Guided AAM, Type/Num IR-Guided AAM, Gun Name/Designator, Num Gun Rounds, Air-to-Ground Weapons, Targeting Pod Name/Designator, Additional Avionics: [all fields blank or redacted (b)(1)1.4a] [PAGE 4] (b)(1)1.4a • Data Link: [blank] • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • Callsign / Number of Aircraft / Asset Type (Aircraft) / Aircraft Tail Number(s) / Takeoff Location (ICAO Code) / Takeoff Time DTG / Mode 3 (IFF Codes): [redacted] • Gentext/Additional Details: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) WEATHER WAS (NOT) A FACTOR (EXPLAIN WHY IF IT WAS) • Mission Canceled: [blank] Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code) / Last Land Time / Last Engine Shutdown Time / Total Mission Time: [redacted] • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] ISR • Time-on Station DTG / Time-off Station DTG / Aircraft Callsign / Msn Type / Primary Sensor / Sensors Available / Tasking Type: [redacted] • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: (b)(1)1.4a • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed / Number of EEIs: (b)(1)1.4a [PAGE 5] [No extractable text — likely blank or form-only page] [PAGE 6] (b)(1)1.4a • Killbox (Location) / Mission Type: (b)(1)1.4a • JTAC Callsign: [blank] • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] • Did not Arrive On Station: [blank] Off Station • Time Off Station DTG / Total Time On Station: (b)(1)1.4a • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] UAP • Initial Contact DTG: (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Event Type / UAP Maneuverability Observations / UAP Response to Observer Actions: [blank/redacted] • MDS Type / Asset Type / Tail Number / Friendly Aircraft Location: (b)(1)1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth / Friendly Aircraft Trajectory / Observer Assessment of UAP: [blank] • Friendly Aircraft Speed: (b)(1)1.4a • Observation Interrogation of UAP (yes/no; if yes list sensor(s) and returns): [blank] • Third-party Observers and/or Reporters / Friendly Aircraft State / Training Range (If applicable) / Operational Range / UAP First Seen Location / UAP Last Seen Location: (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured) / UAP Physical State: (b)(1)1.4a • Number of UAP Sighted: (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Propulsion Means / UAP Payload / UAP Under Intelligent Control (yes/no; if yes, describe) / UAP Signatures: [blank] • UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP RF Frequency / UAP RF Duration / UAP Event Serial Number: - (b)(1)1.4a [PAGE 7] (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Effects on Persons / UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe) / UAP Effects on Equipment: [blank] • Full Name / Rank/Grade / Email / Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): [redacted] GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): 4X UAP OBSERVED FLYING IN (b)(1)1.4a FOV. CLOUD COVERAGE OBSTRUCTED (b)(1)1.4a FROM FOLLOWING AND GETTING A CLEAR VISUAL. (SEE ISR 1). • Gentext (UAP Event Description): AT APPROX 1736Z 4 UAP WERE OBSERVED BENEATH (b)(1)1.4a 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:22, 2X UAP OBSERVED SIDE BY SIDE AT 17:36:30, AND 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:49. (b)(1)1.4a
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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