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DOW-UAP-D060, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020

Incident date
8/8/20
Incident location
Arabian Gulf
Agency
Department of War
File type
Document
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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. The report describes the UAP as “transiting” and notes it had “no impact to mission.” The report also states that “dense cloud coverage intermittently impacted FMV collection.” 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

DOW-UAP-D60 is a 6-page Mission Report related to a UAP encounter in the Persian/Arabian Gulf in August 2020, part of the Department of War's declassified UAP release series (release_1, USCENTCOM area of operations). The PDF is a scanned document with no embedded OCR text layer, so no machine-readable content could be extracted from any of the 6 pages. Based on the filename and series context (alongside D57, D58, D61-D65, which are Range Fouler forms and Mission Reports from the same Gulf region and time period), this document likely describes an unidentified aerial contact encountered by U.S. Navy or Air Force assets during operations in the Persian Gulf, but the specific details, sensor data, and narrative description cannot be confirmed without visual/manual review of the scanned pages.

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Transcript(6 of 6 pages legible)

[PAGE 1] Misrep 4592219 Narrative x@eeaisy AT 0337Z 14a TOOK OFF FROM OKAS AT 0359Z]_1.4a HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE FROM 0434Z TO 2300Z 1.4a COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER FROM 0513Z TO 22562Z,{4.4a SUPPORTED NAVCENT TO OPERATION 14a IVO ARABIAN GULF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND GULF OF OMAN SEE ISR LINE AT 0726Z 14a OBSERVED NOTEWORTHY ACTIVITY SEE OBS LINE AT 22562 1.4a WAS CLEARED TO RTB AT 0017Z{_1.4a JHANDED BACK TO THE LRE AT 0045Z 4.42 LANDED AT OKAS FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS1 20.3 MISSION HOURS 17.7 IMINT HOURS IMINT TASKING PROSECUTED 18.4 SIGINT HOURS SIGINT TASKING PROSECUTED TOTAL TASKINGS PROSECUTED Admin CLASSIFICATION Classification BGR Associated Caveats RRERGSOn Classification Source MS or Classification Guide ID MULTIPLE SOURCES Declassification Date YYYYMMODD 20450301 OPERATION Operation 14a Domain AIR Operations Center 609th Major Command MAJCOM ACC Combatant Command COCOM USCENTCOM MSGID Report Type MISREP Originator Unit or Sqnadron 482ATKS Submit Date Auto-generated MSNID Tasking Order ATO BP SER eo RT ae te A A ee USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000001 [PAGE 2] Mission Type AREC ATO Mission Number Country Tasked US UNITED STATES Service Tasked A AIR FORCE Poc POC Rank SrA Full Name:[__(by3 bye Unit 482 ATKS Wing 432 AEW Phone Number Email Service Air Force Operations Center 603 AOC Oc Rank Cir Full Name:[___(6y6 Unit PAROC IDAT Wing Other Phone Number Service Air Force Operations Center Other APPROVER Rank Ist Lt Full Name Unit 609th AOC Wing Other Phone Number:[___(by(6 Email Service Air Force Operations Center 609 CAOC INGEST SS Se eae USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO TCOM Chief of Staff 03/27/26 000002 20 March [PAGE 3] Rank Full Name Unit Wing Phone Number Email Service Operations Center ACEQUIP ACEQUIP Aireraft Callsign 14a Radar Name or Destination Radar Software Load or Mission Data Radar Warning Receiver RWR Name or Designator RWR Software Load or Mission Data MWS Name or Designator MWS Software Load or Mission Data IRCM Name or Designator IRCM Software Load or Mission Data ECM Name or Designator ECM Software Load or Mission Data CMD Name or Designator Chaff Designator Num Chaff or Cartridges Flare Designator Num Flares Towed Decoy Name or Designator Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data Num Towed Decoys Type of Radar-Guided AAM Num Radar-Guided AAM Type of IR-Guided AAM Num IR-Guided AAM Gun Name or Designator Num Gun Rounds Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each TGT Pod Name or Designator ANDAS4 Additional Avionics AH_GMESH Data Link bX6 USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AAR 03/27/26 000003 [PAGE 4] Gentext Timeline Landing Last Land Location ICAO Code OKAS Last Land Time 090045:00ZAUG20 Last Engine Shutdown Time 090055:00ZAUG20 Total Mission Time hours minutes Gentext/Additional Details GUARDCALL GUARDCALL DTG 081250:00ZAUG20 Aircraft Callsign 14a Ground Station Callsign IRANIAN AIR DEFENSE GUARD Aircraft Location 4ORCP98 4aP 7[1.4al Aircraft Heading HDG 200 Aircraft Altitude FL 170 Aircraft Airspeed 110 KIAS Number of Calls Noted from the Same Agency Guardcall Tone PROFESSIONAL GENTEXT/GUARDCALL Gentext @siittily AT 1250Z,[1.4a WAS HAILED ONGUARD 44a BY IRANIAN AIR DEFENSE ORDERS GIVEN STANDARD CALL 4.4a_JRESPONDED STANDARD RESPONSE NO IMPACT TO THE MISSION OBSERVATION Ohservation DTG 080726:00ZAUG20 Aircraft Callsign 14a Aircraft Location 39RWK99142b 41 4al Aircraft Heading Aircraft Altitude Aircraft Airspeed Relative Bearing or Clock Position Range Killbox Keypad Observed Activity Location 39RVL9O 4ab 41,44 SBS beers USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000004 [PAGE 5] Observed Activity Description TRANSITTING Method of Observation FMV GENTEXT/OBSERVATION Gentext S@naitidisAT 0726Z 14a JOBSERVED UAP IVO TO MISSION WEATHER Weather WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR Takeoff Callsign aaa Number of Aircraft Asset Type Aireraft):h 1.4 Aircraft Tail Number(s Takeoff Location ICAO Code OKAS Takeoff Time DTG 080337:00ZAUG20 Mode IFF Codes Gentext/Additional Details Mission Canceled On Station Time On Station DTG 080359:00ZAUG20 Callsign:[___t4s ITAR Number Killbox Location Mission Type AREC ITAC Callsign Gentext/Additional Details Did not Arrive On Station ISR Time-on Station DTG 080513:00ZAUG20 Time-off Station DTG 082256:00ZAUG20 Aircraft Callsign 14a Msn Type AREC Primary Sensor ANDAS4 Sensors Available AH\GMESH 39RWLOMi gab A.4al NO IMPACT USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to 03/27/26 000005 [PAGE 6] Tasking Type PLANNED Tasking or Request Number JTAR# AEM# PRI# or TIC# BE Number if NTISR Tasked Start Point 39RYN3414ah 44a Activity Description ISR FMY or Image File Name if NTISR GENTEXTHSR Gentext eieitalilay 14a COORDINATED WITH NAVCENT 24 HOURS PRIOR TO TAKE OFF PRECOORD WAS SATISFACTORY AT 0513Z,[_1.4a JARRIVED ON STATION ISO NAVCENT TO OPERATION 1.4a TO CONDUCT SCANS FOR IDENTIFIED IRINUIRGCN VESSELS TO ESTABLISH PATTERN OF LIFE UAS ACTIVITY AND CHARACTERIZE ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF PORTS FROM 0513Z TO 2256Z 14a JCONDUCTED SCANS LAW THE TARGET DECK IN THE ARABIAN GULF AG AT 0726Z_1.4a JOBSERVED NOTEWORTHY ACTIVITY SEE OBS LINE AT 2256Z 1.48 WAS CLEARED OFF TASKING AND RETURNED TO BASE RTB ISR ASSET UTILIZATION Supported Unit NAVCENT Supported Operation OPERATION 14a Precoord Time 24 HOURS Precoord Effectiveness SATISFACTORY WEATHER Weather DENSE CLOUD COVERAGE INTERMITTANTLY IMPACTED FMV COLLECTION EFFECTIVENESS Tasker Intel Gap Filled No Gentext Off Station Time Off Station DTG 090017:00ZAUG20 Total Time On Station 20 hours 18 minutes SEES a ae as ieee USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000006

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

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