DOW-UAP-D016, Mission Report, Syria, July 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 one UAP move from north to south, with a total duration of under one minute. 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-16), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report spanning 30-31 July 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by the 89th Attack Squadron (89 ATKS, an MQ-9 Reaper unit) under the 609th CAOC/AFCENT, classified SECRET//REL and declassified 8 October 2025 by Maj. Gen. Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. A remotely-piloted ISR aircraft took off from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan (OJMS), flew a roughly 21-hour armed reconnaissance mission (Operation Spectre Dagger) in support of Task Force Chosin near grid 37SFU3 in Syria, and spent hours tracking and following vehicles and 'ADMs' (adult/designated males) -- pickup trucks, a Bongo truck carrying suspected barrels, a jeep, vehicles carrying a suspected artillery system and mounted anti-aircraft weapon, and a group at a suspected shooting range -- as well as scanning a parking airfield where two TEL (transporter-erector-launcher) rocket systems with three loaded rockets were noted inactive. Separately, at 310239Z (02:39 UTC on 31 July), the crew observed a distinct, brief UAP event near grid 37SFU2 in 'Keypad 9': the object was seen moving from north to south and the entire event lasted less than one minute, while the aircraft was flying at 19,359 feet and 116 knots. No further description of the UAP's size, shape, or other characteristics is present in the unredacted text; it is logged as a separate, unresolved sighting distinct from the extensive human/vehicle pattern-of-life surveillance that dominates the rest of the mission.
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[PAGE 1] Misrep undefined-7816710 Narrative (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) TF CHOSIN TASKED [redacted] WITH IMINT VIA 7 LINE. AT 301822Z JUL 22, [redacted] DEPARTED MUWAFFAQ SALTI AB (OJMS). AT 301829Z JUL 22, [redacted] HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. AT 301925Z JUL 22, [redacted] BEGAN SIGINT COLLECT. AT 302028Z JUL 22, [redacted] ARRIVED ON STATION AND CHECKED IN WITH TF CHOSIN STA TO PERFORM IMINT IVO 37SFU3 [redacted] (SEE ISR 1). AT 310239Z JUL 22, [redacted] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 37SFU27 [redacted] (SEE UAP 1). AT 311343Z JUL 22, [redacted] RETURNED TO BASE. AT 311409Z JUL 22, [redacted] TERMINATED SIGINT COLLECT. AT 311458Z JUL 22, [redacted] HANDED TO THE LRE. AT 311519Z JUL 22, [redacted] LANDED AT OJMS. FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS1. 20.9 MISSION HOURS, 17.2 IMINT HOURS, 1 IMINT TASKING PROSECUTED, 18.7 SIGINT HOURS, 1 SIGINT TASKING PROSECUTED, 2 TOTAL TASKINGS PROSECUTED (S/REL) Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: REL TO USA, FVEY • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470731 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID [redacted, FOIA exemption (b)(6)] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 001 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 2] • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 89 ATKS • Submit Date: [redacted] MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): DI • Mission Type: ARMED RECCE • ATO Mission Number: [redacted] • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE POC • Rank: Amn • Full Name: [redacted, FOIA exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)] • Unit: 89 ATKS • Wing: 432 AEW • Phone Number/Email: [redacted] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 603 AOC QC • Rank: 2dLt • Full Name: [redacted] • Unit: 89 ATKS • Wing: 432 AEW • Phone Number/Email: [redacted] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC APPROVER • Rank: SrA • Full Name: [redacted, FOIA exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)] • Unit: 609th AOC • Wing: Other [redacted] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 002 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 3] • Phone Number/Email: [redacted] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST • Rank/Full Name/Unit/Wing/Phone/Email/Service/Operations Center: [blank] 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, Flare Designator, Num Flares, Towed Decoy Name/Designator, Towed Decoy Software Load, Num Towed Decoys, Type of Radar-Guided AAM, Num Radar-Guided AAM, Type of IR-Guided AAM: [blank, FOIA exemption (b)(6)] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 003 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 4] • Num IR-Guided AAM/Gun Name or Designator/Num Gun Rounds/Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: [redacted] • 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): OJMS • Takeoff Time DTG: 301822:00Z JUL 22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes)/Gentext: [blank] • Mission Canceled: [blank] On Station • Time On Station DTG: 301925:00Z JUL 22 • Callsign: [redacted] • JTAR Number/Killbox (Location): [blank] • Mission Type: AREC • JTAC Callsign: [blank] • Gentext/Additional Details: [blank] • Did not Arrive On Station: [blank] Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: 311409:00Z JUL 22 • Total Time On Station: 18 hours 44 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: Landing [redacted] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 004 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 5] • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OJMS • Last Land Time: 311519:00Z JUL 22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 311529:00Z JUL 22 • Total Mission Time: 20 hours 57 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: - ISR • Time-on Station DTG: 302028:00Z JUL 22 • Time-off Station DTG: 310000:00Z JUL 22 • Aircraft Callsign: [redacted] • Msn Type: AREC • Tasking Type: Planned • Tasking or Request Number/BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: 37SFU3 [redacted] • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR)/EEIs Observed/Number of EEIs: [blank] GENTEXT/ISR • Gentext: [redacted] COORDINATED WITH TF CHOSIN 103 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. COORDINATION WAS SATISFACTORY DUE TO QUALITY OF PRODUCTS. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED 7-LINE FOR MISSION ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEIS). AT 2028Z, [redacted] ARRIVED ON OP SPECTRE DAGGER, FORCE PRO ISO TF CHOSIN AND TF CHOSIN SENSOR TASKING AUTHORITY (STA) DIRECTED [redacted] TO PROVIDE IMINT IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]. FROM 2028Z TO 2100Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO SP (37SFU3 [redacted]) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 2029Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X ADM SITTING ON TOP OF CARGO TRUCK PARKED BEHIND TREE IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]. FROM 2100Z TO 2136Z, [redacted] SCANNED COI 1 AND RUNWAY IVO 37SFU2 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. FROM 2136Z TO 2210Z, [redacted] CONDUCTED RUNWAY SCANS IVO 37SFU2 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 2210Z 1X POSS TECHNICAL OBS IVO 37SFU2 [redacted]. FROM 2210Z TO 0037Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO COI 1 (37SFU2 [redacted]) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 2252Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO 37SFU3 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 0023Z, [redacted] OBS 1X ADM ON A MOTO AND CONDUCTED A FOLLOW. FROM 0023Z TO 0030Z, THE ADM MADE 1 STOP IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]. FROM 0037Z TO 0315Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO 37SFU3 [redacted], 37SFU3 [redacted], 37SFU33 [redacted], 37SFU3 [redacted], 37SFU3 [redacted], 37SFU27 [redacted], AND 37SFU3 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 0245Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X [redacted] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 005 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 6] ADM IVO 37SFU2 [redacted]. AT 0256Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X REINFORCED STRUCTURE IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]. FROM 0315Z TO 0521Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO 37SFU3 [redacted], 37SFU2 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 0521Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X WHITE PUT, 1X BLACK PUT, AND 2X WHITE BONGOS CARRYING APPROX 30 ADMS, WHICH THEN [redacted] CONDUCTED A FOLLOW. FROM 0521Z TO 0715Z, [redacted] FOLLOWED THE VEHICLES AND OBSERVED 2X STOPS IVO 37SFU2 [redacted], 37SFU2 [redacted]. AT 0523Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X PROB TECHNICAL IVO 37SFU2 [redacted]. AT 0528Z, THE CONVOY STOPPED N OF AN OVERHANG AND ALL ADMS EXITED THE VEHICLES, WALKING UNDER THE OVERHANG. 1X ADM SLUNG A RIFLE OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AREA ASSESSED TO BE A POSS SHOOTING RANGE. AT 0633Z, THE ADMS REENTERED THE VEHICLES CONSISTING OF 1X WHITE JEEP, 1X BLACK PUT, 2X WHITE BONGOS AND DEPARTED. AT 0648Z, THE CONVOY STOPPED IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]; APPROX 5X ADMS DISMOUNTED AND THE 1X WHITE JEEP LEFT THE CONVOY BEFORE THE CONVOY DEPARTED AGAIN. AT 0655Z 1X WHITE BONGO LEFT THE CONVOY AND FOV IVO 37SFU3 [redacted]. AT 0710Z, THE CONVOY STOPPED IVO 37SFU4 [redacted] AND THE ADMS DISMOUNTED AND LOITERED AND 1X TECHNICAL WAS OBSERVED. AT 0715Z THE FOLLOW WAS ENDED AT A COMPOUND IVO 37SFU4 [redacted]. FROM 0715Z TO 0818Z, [redacted] SCANNED AROUND THE COMPOUND IVO 37SFU40 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 0721Z, 1X TECHNICAL AND 1X QUAD CAB PUT WERE OBSERVED. AT 0725Z, 2X ADM DEPARTED THE COMPOUND ON A MOTO. FROM 0755Z TO 0818Z, [redacted] SCANNED COI 1 IVO 37SFU2 [redacted] FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 0753Z, 1X WHITE PUT WITH UI OBJECT, POSS ARTILLERY SYSTEM, IN THE BED AND 1X ADM WERE OBSERVED. FROM 0818Z TO 0854Z, [redacted] PERFORMED A FOLLOW ON THE PUT WITH THE UI OBJECT IN THE BED, SLANT 2/0/0. AT 0823Z, THE 2X ADMS AND 1X ADDITIONAL ADM ENTERED THE TRUCK AND DEPARTED. SLANT 3/0/0. AT 0832Z, A SECOND TRUCK WITH POSS MOUNTED AAA WAS OBSERVED IVO 37SFU2 [redacted]. FROM 0854Z TO 0942Z, [redacted] PERFORMED A FOLLOW ON 1X BONGO WITH 2X POSS BARRELS IN THE BACK FOR 6 STOPS, SLANT 2/0/0. AT 0906Z, THE BONGO STOPPED IVO 37SFU27 [redacted] WHERE 2X ADDITIONAL ADMS CAME FROM A COMPOUND AND INTERACTED WITH THE BONGO BEFORE 2X ADM LEFT IN THE BONGO. AT 0911Z, THE BONGO STOPPED IVO 37SFU27 [redacted] WHERE A PREVIOUSLY UNOBSERVED ADM EXITED THE BACK OF THE BONGO AND INTERACTED WITH A PASSENGER BEFORE THE BONGO DEPARTED. AT 0921Z, THE BONGO STOPPED AT A RESIDENCE IVO 37SFU2 [redacted]; THE 2X ADMS FROM THE BONGO AND 3X ADMS FROM THE RESIDENCE INTERACTED WITH THE 2X BARRELS IN THE BACK AND THE BONGO DEPARTED AT 0923Z. FROM 0942Z TO 1007Z, [redacted] TRANSITED TO NEXT POINT. FROM 1007Z TO 1122Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO COI 2 (37SEV98 [redacted]) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. FROM 1122Z TO 1137Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO DAYR AZ ZAR PARKING AFLD (37SFV0 [redacted]) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 1134Z, 2X TELARS WITH 3 ROCKETS LOADED WERE INACTIVE. FROM 1137Z TO 1243Z, [redacted] SCANNED IVO COI 2 (37SEV9 [redacted]) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 1243Z, TF CHOSIN STA CLEARED [redacted] OFF TASKING AND [redacted] RETURNED TO BASE ISR ASSET UTILIZATION [redacted, FOIA exemption (b)(6)] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 006 Approved for Release to AARO [PAGE 7] • Supported Unit: TF CHOSIN • Supported Operation: [redacted] • Precoord Time: 103 MINUTES • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: [blank] • Intel Gap Filled?: [blank] • Gentext: - UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 310239:00Z JUL 22 • MDS Type/Asset Type: - • Tail Number: [redacted] • Friendly Aircraft Location: 37SFU4 [redacted] • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 19,359 FT • Friendly Aircraft Speed: 116 KTS • Friendly Aircraft State: - • Training Range (If applicable)/Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: - • Number of UAP Sighted: [blank] • UAP Signatures: No • UAP RF Frequency/RF Duration/Effects on Persons: [blank] • Full Name/Email/Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): [blank] • UAP First Seen Location: 37SFU2 [redacted] • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): - GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 310239Z, [redacted] OBSERVED AN UAP EVENT IVO 37SFU2 [redacted] IN KP 9. THE UAP OCCURRED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WITH THE UAP MOVING FROM N TO S. [redacted, FOIA exemption (b)(6)] Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 007 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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