← Declassified UAP case filesDOW-UAP-D008DECLASSIFIED · R01Contains redactions

UFO mission report, Djibouti, 2025

Official file: DOW-UAP-D008, Mission Report, Djibouti, 2025

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

Incident date

N/A

Incident location

Mediterranean Sea

Agency

Department of War

Released in

R01 · 2026-05-08

File type

Document

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Key facts

Official file ID: DOW-UAP-D8 (cited as DOW-UAP-D008 in this file)
Document type: Document
Agency: Department of War
Released in: R01 · 2026-05-08
Incident date: not indicated
Incident location: Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates: 35, 18
Pages legible: 7/7
VIRIN: 260508-D-D0360-1015
Reported position (OCR transcript): 34°15'05″N 29°32'37″E — Mediterranean Sea

Official description

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 “white hot UAPs.” The reporter estimated the UAP’s speed as approximately 240 nautical miles per hour (276 mph). 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.

About this type of document

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.

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✦ AI summary

U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-8, for a 2025 mission in Djibouti, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FIN, SWE, FVEY, NATO. This 7-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a): pages 1-6 contain only the redaction notice. The substantive content on page 7 describes an event at 1653Z in which two round, white, 'hot' UAP were observed moving dynamically south at approximately 240 nautical miles per hour, in the vicinity of grid coordinate 35SQT3423692957. No further detail on altitude, size, or subsequent behavior is present in the unredacted text.

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▸Transcript(7 of 7 pages legible)

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[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) [content redacted — classified national security information] [PAGE 7] 1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): (SECRET//REL TO USA, FIN, SWE, FVEY, NATO) AT 1653Z, [redacted] OBS 2X ROUND WHITE HOT UAPS DYNAMIC SOUTH AT APPROX 240NM/HOUR IVO 35SQT3423692957. • Gentext (UAP Event Description): (SECRET//REL TO USA, FIN, SWE, FVEY, NATO) AT 1653Z, OBS 2X UAPS DYNAMIC SOUTH AT APPROX 240NM/HOUR IVO 35SQT3423692957. 1.4(a)

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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo