DOW-UAP-D004, 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 UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 321 knots (369 mph). The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the east.” 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
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-4 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. This is a very short, heavily redacted 5-page mission report form; the first four pages contain almost no unredacted text, with content withheld under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information). The only substantive unredacted content, on page 5, is a brief GENTEXT/UAP description: at 1258Z a possible UAP was observed in the vicinity of grid coordinate 34SDG9041417044. The observation was too brief to allow an altitude estimate, but velocity was estimated at 321 knots, and the object increased speed and changed direction toward the east. The reporting pilot's name is redacted under privacy exemption (b)(6). No further description of the object's shape, size, or behavior is present in the unredacted text.
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▸Transcript(5 of 5 pages legible)
[PAGE 1] 1.4(a) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 2] 1.4(a) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 3] 1.4(a) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 4] 1.4(a) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 5] 1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • Description: (S//REL) AT 1258Z, [redacted] OBSERVED POSS UAP IVO 34SDG9041417044. BRIEF OBSERVATION PRECLUDED UAP ALTITUDE ESTIMATES. VELOCITY ESTIMATED AT 321 KNOTS. UAP INCREASED SPEED AND CHANGED DIRECTION TOWARDS THE EAST. PILOT: [name redacted (b)(6)] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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