DOW-UAP-D007, 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, describing it as “look[ing] like a balloon.” The report describes the UAP as “traveling with the winds at approximately 31,000 ft.” The visually tracked the UAP via onboard infrared sensor. 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-7 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET. This 6-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information) on pages 1-5, with the substantive content on page 6. A fighter aircraft (associated with the 48th Fighter Wing, 48FW) obtained a weapons-quality radar track on a UAP traveling with the prevailing winds at 31,000 feet MSL in the vicinity of a redacted grid location. The pilot maneuvered to a position where they could have engaged the track (described as being able to make a shot) and visually identified the object using the aircraft's targeting FLIR (TFLIR) pod. The UAP description field states the object "looks like a balloon, similar to previously reported UAP from 48FW," indicating this sighting was assessed as consistent with a weather/high-altitude balloon rather than an anomalous craft. No further detail on size, color, or additional maneuvering 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) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 6] 1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): LOOKS LIKE A BALLOON, SIMILAR TO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UAP FROM 48FW. • Gentext (UAP Event Description): (SECRET) OBSERVED A WEAPONS QUALITY TRACK OF A UAP TRAVELING WITH THE WINDS AT 31,000 FT MSL IVO [grid redacted] 'S. [Pilot/aircraft redacted] WAS ABLE TO MAKE A [NEXT TO] SHOOT ON THE TRACK AND VISUALLY ID THE UAP IN THE TFLIR. 1.4(a)
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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