DOW-UAP-D005, 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 two UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 278 knots (320 mph. The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the south.” 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-5 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL. Like related documents in this series, this 6-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information), with pages 1-4 containing no unredacted narrative text. Page 5 describes an event at 1354Z in which one UAP was observed in the vicinity of grid coordinate 34SCE7566990098, traveling at a constant 40 knots at flight level 160 to 170 (16,000-17,000 feet). Page 6 describes a separate event at 2243Z in which two possible UAP were observed in the vicinity of grid coordinate 35TQK1580995057, with an estimated velocity of 278 knots; both objects increased speed and changed direction toward the south. Observer/pilot names are redacted under privacy exemption (b)(6). No further description of object shape, size, or additional behavior is present in the unredacted text.
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▸Transcript(6 of 6 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 1354Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP IVO 34SCE7566990098. VELOCITY WAS 40 KNOTS AT FL160 TO FL170. UAP SPEED REMAINED CONSTANT. 1.4(a) [PAGE 6] 1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • Description: (S//REL) AT 2243Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 2X POSS UAPS IVO 35TQK1580995057. VELOCITY WAS ESTIMATED AT 278 KNOTS. UAPS INCREASED SPEED AND CHANGED DIRECTION TOWARDS THE SOUTH. [name redacted (b)(6)] 1.4(a)
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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