DOW-UAP-D010, Mission Report, Middle East, May 2022
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 “5x UAP fly across the screen.” The report continues by describing one of those observations as a “possible missile” and the remaining four as “possible birds.” 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-10), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report from 6-7 May 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and declassified 7 October 2025 by Maj. Gen. Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff (USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093, approved for release to AARO). The mission, tasked to the 609th CAOC/432 Air Expeditionary Wing, involved an ISR aircraft (asset type redacted) taking off at 0246Z, conducting SIGINT collection and target-development full-motion-video (FMV) surveillance from 0958Z to 2036Z over an operational area to report personnel, vehicles, weapons, footpaths, comms equipment, and occupied buildings, before landing back at base around 0004Z-0014Z the next day. During the mission, from 1514Z to 1934Z, the crew observed a total of 5 UAP crossing the sensor's field of view near grid location 38SMC53/54. The first, seen at 1514Z, had the visual/reconnaissance signature of a possible missile; the other four objects observed afterward were assessed as fitting more closely with the profile of possible birds. Dust in the area hindered most ground-level FMV collection during the mission. The report frames this as a single logged 'Observation' entry within a routine ISR mission rather than a standalone anomalous encounter.
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[PAGE 1] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 Misrep undefined-7473483 Narrative (SECRET\REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 0246Z, [redacted] TOOK OFF FROM [redacted] AT 0253Z, HANDED OVER WITH THE LRE WITH FULLY MISSION CAPABLE SENSORS. [redacted] AT 0958Z, BEGAN SIGINT COLLECTION. FROM 0958Z TO 2036Z, [redacted] CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ON OP [redacted] ISO [SEE ISR 1]. AT 1514Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP (SEE OBSERVATION 1). AT 2036Z, RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2036Z, [redacted] STOPPED SIGINT COLLECTION. AT 2257Z, HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS1. AT 0004Z, [redacted] LANDED AT [redacted] WITH A LAST ENGINE SHUT-DOWN TIME OF 0014Z. 1 IMINT TASKING PROSECUTED, [redacted] HOURS, 1 SIGINT TASKING PROSECUTED, 2 TOTAL TASKINGS PROSECUTED; 1 OBSERVATION (S/RELIDO) Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: REL TO USA, FVEY • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470506 OPERATION [routing stamp] 10/20/25 001 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 2] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): [redacted] • Submit Date: [redacted] MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): AB • Mission Type: XCAS • ATO Mission Number: [redacted] • Country Tasked: US - United States • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE POC • Rank: SSgt • Full Name: [redacted, personnel privacy exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)] • Unit: [redacted] • Wing: 432 AEW • Phone Number/Email: [redacted] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC QC • Rank: SrA • Full Name: [redacted] • Unit: [redacted] • Wing: 432 AEW [personnel redacted] • Service: Air Force [routing stamp] 10/20/25 002 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 3] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY • Operations Center: 609 CAOC APPROVER • Rank: SSgt • Full Name: [redacted] • Unit: ISRD • Wing: 379 AEW [personnel redacted] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST • Rank/Full Name/Unit/Wing/Phone/Email/Service/Operations Center: [redacted] ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted] • Radar Name or Destination, Radar Software Load, 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: [all blank] [routing stamp] 10/20/25 003 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 4] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 • Flare Designator/Num Flares/Towed Decoy Name or Designator/Towed Decoy Software Load/Num Towed Decoys/Type-Num Radar-Guided AAM/Type-Num IR-Guided AAM/Gun Name-Designator/Num Gun Rounds/Air-to-Ground Weapons: [all blank] • TGT Pod Name or Designator: [redacted] • Additional Avionics: [blank] • Data Link: [blank] • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • Callsign: [redacted] • Number of Aircraft: 1 • Asset Type (Aircraft): [redacted] • Aircraft Tail Number(s): [redacted] • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): [redacted] • Takeoff Time DTG: 060246:00Z MAY 22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): [blank] • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Mission Canceled: [blank] On Station • Time On Station DTG: 060958:00Z MAY 22 • Callsign: [redacted] • JTAR Number: - • Killbox (Location): - • Mission Type: REC\XCAS • JTAC Callsign: - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Did not Arrive On Station: [blank] [routing stamp] 10/20/25 004 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 5] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: 062036:00Z MAY 22 • Total Time On Station: [redacted] • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): [redacted] • Last Land Time: 070004:00Z MAY 22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 070014:00Z MAY 22 • Total Mission Time: [redacted] • Gentext/Additional Details: - ISR • Time-on Station DTG: 060958:00Z MAY 22 • Time-off Station DTG: 062036:00Z MAY 22 • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted] • Msn Type: REC\XCAS • Primary Sensor: FMV\SI • Sensors Available: [redacted] • Tasking Type: PLANNED • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: 38SMC54 [redacted] 96 [redacted] • Activity Description: TARGET DEVELOPMENT • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed/Number of EEIs: [blank] GENTEXT/ISR • Gentext: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) [redacted] CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ON OP [redacted]. MISSION INTENT FOR THE TASKING WAS TO REPORT ALL PERSONNEL, VEHICLES, WEAPONS, FOOTPATHS, COMMS EQUIPMENT, AND OCCUPIED BDLS. AT 1515Z [redacted] OBSERVED A POSSIBLE UAP IN ITS FOV IVO OF 38SMC54 [redacted] 96 [redacted] (SEE OBVS 1). [redacted] CONDUCTED [redacted] ACTIVITY UNTIL RTB. ISR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: MAG • Supported Operation: OP [redacted] [routing stamp] 10/20/25 005 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 6] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 7 October 2025 • Precoord Time: 240 MINUTES • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: (SECRET\\REL TO USA, FVEY) DUST HINDERED MOST FMV COLLECTION OF THE GROUND. EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: [blank] • Intel Gap Filled?: Yes • Gentext: - OBSERVATION • Observation DTG: 061514:00Z MAY 22 • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted] • Aircraft Location: 38SMC53 [redacted] 96 [redacted] • Aircraft Heading: - • Aircraft Altitude: [redacted] • Aircraft Airspeed: - • Relative Bearing or Clock Position: - • Range: - • Killbox & Keypad: - • Observed Activity Location: 38SMC53 [redacted] 96 [redacted] • Observed Activity Description: 1X UAP • Method of Observation: FMV • EEIs Observed/Number of EEIs: [blank] GENTEXT/OBSERVATION • Gentext: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) FROM 1514Z to 1934Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 5X UAP FLY ACROSS THE SCREEN. AT 1514Z [redacted] OBSERVED A UAP WITH THE VISRECCE OF A POSSIBLE [redacted] MISSILE FLY ACROSS THE FOV IVO 38SMC53 [redacted] 96 [redacted]. [redacted] PROCEEDED TO SEE 4X OTHER UAPS IN THEIR FOV UNTIL 1934Z. ALL 4X REMAINING UAP FIT CLOSER TO THE PROFILE OF POSSIBLE BIRDS. WEATHER • Weather: (SECRET\\REL TO USA, FVEY) DUST HINDERED MOST FMV COLLECTION OF THE GROUND. [routing stamp] 10/20/25 006 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO
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Source: U.S. Department of War / AARO — public domain · war.gov/ufo
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