Declassified UAP case filesDOW-UAP-PR131DECLASSIFIED · R06Contains redactions

DOW-UAP-PR131, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, 2022

Incident date
2022
Incident location
File type
Document
▤ DOC100%View official PDF
LOADING…

Key facts

Official file ID
DOW-UAP-PR131
Document type
Document
Released in
R06 · 2026-09-18
Incident date
2022
Incident location
Iraq
Coordinates
33.0955793, 44.1749775
Pages legible
0/1
VIRIN
260918-D-D0360-1144

Official description

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military system in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DOW-UAP-D106, described the UAP as “flying sporadically… at various speeds between 80-180 miles per hour.” Image Description: This image features two areas of contrast. One appears near the center of the sensor display. Another appears in the top third of the frame. The area of contrast in the top third of the frame appears elongated and is followed by a visible trail. These features suggest motion across the focal plane from the top right to the bottom left of the sensor field-of-view. The apparent trail is consistent with known image-compression and processing effects and does not necessarily represent a physical feature. This image description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.

AI visual analysis

Single-page PDF that contains one grayscale infrared still frame rather than a text document; the page carries no text layer. The image is a 16:9 sensor capture looking down onto mottled terrain, brighter through the centre and darker toward the corners, with a pale diagonal ridge line running through the left half. A fixed crosshair reticle sits at the centre of the frame, with L-shaped corner brackets marking the tracking gate and a small "N" north-orientation indicator below centre. The most prominent feature is a distinctly dark, elongated ovoid shape in the upper right quadrant, trailed by a thin dark streak extending to the right toward one of the corner brackets; a smaller dark smudge sits immediately above the reticle. Six white redaction boxes labelled "1.4a, 1.4g" cover portions of the frame edges. A declassification stamp in red type appears at the upper right, attributed to the USCENTCOM Chief of Staff and dated 30 June 2026. The footer reads "USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095", "Approved for Release to AARO", the date 06/30/26 and the frame number 030 — the next number in the same declassification sequence as DOW-UAP-PR130, whose frame is 029.

infraredgrayscalestill imagecrosshairreticletracking gateterrainredactiondeclassification stampsensor imagery

Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.

Transcript(0 of 1 pages legible)

[PAGE 1] [no legible text — single-page infrared still image with redaction boxes]

Generated with AI from the official file — may contain errors.

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

Entities in this document

USCENTCOMAARO

Connected cases

Related cases

Same location

Same document series

Same period

Same release

Same agency