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Arabian Gulf

12 of the 19 declassified cases list this as the incident's official location. 7 more cases only mention it in the document text, without it being the official record. Documented incidents span 2020 to 2023.

A single agency is involved: Department of War. The case files here include documents and videos. 19 cases carry visible redactions.

Where these cases happened

3 positions are the coordinates written in the declassified report itself, recovered from the OCR transcript, not the generic centre of the area.

Cases

File IDDateAgencyTypePages readOfficialExcerpt
DOW-UAP-D02310/31/23Department of WarDocument9/9OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MOR 25-0104) from the 50th Attack Squadron / 432nd AEW, covering a 20-hour-43-minute ISR sortie flown 24 October 2023 out of Al Dhafra Air Base (OMAM), UAE, supporting NAVCENT under Operation Spartan S…
DOW-UAP-D0385/14/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Debrief Form' (a standardized SPEAR/Navy-style UAP reporting questionnaire), submitted for an encounter on 14 May 2020 at 2040Z (night) in the Middle East (working area code 28314, coordinates approxim…
DOW-UAP-D0428/31/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Debrief Form,' a standardized SPEAR UAP reporting questionnaire, submitted by a pilot (rank O-2) of the 482nd Attack Squadron (482 ATKS). Per the document's own fields the encounter date is 31 August 2…
DOW-UAP-D0608/8/20Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialDOW-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 do…
DOW-UAP-D0618/27/20Department of WarDocument6/7OfficialUSCENTCOM Mission Report (MOR 26-0019, Misrep 4685903), declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison on 22 January 2026, covering an ISR aircraft's 21-hour mission on 26-27 August 2020 over the Arabian/Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of…
DOW-UAP-D0629/16/20Department of WarDocument5/9MentionedThis 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 (UA…
DOW-UAP-D06411/2/20Department of WarDocument2/7MentionedThis 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 (UA…
DOW-UAP-D0657/16/20Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialDOW-UAP-D65 is an 8-page USCENTCOM Mission Report related to a UAP encounter in the Persian/Arabian Gulf in July 2020, part of the same declassified release series as D57-D64 (Range Fouler forms and Mission Reports covering the Arabian/Pers…
DOW-UAP-D003N/ADepartment of WarDocument7/7MentionedThis is a U.S. Department of War (formerly DoD) UAP Mission Report (MISREP), classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY, declassified with a 2048 declassification date, released as document D-3 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series. It is a standar…
DOW-UAP-D004N/ADepartment of WarDocument5/5MentionedU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-4 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. This is a very short, heavily redacted 5-page mission report form; the first four pages contain almost no unr…
DOW-UAP-D005N/ADepartment of WarDocument6/6MentionedU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-5 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL. Like related documents in this series, this 6-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national…
DOW-UAP-D006N/ADepartment of WarDocument7/7MentionedU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-6 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL. This is a 7-page report, heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information); pages 1-6 con…
DOW-UAP-D007N/ADepartment of WarDocument6/6MentionedU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-7 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET. This 6-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information) on pages 1-5, with the…
DOW-UAP-PR037N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage over open water, with a cyan crosshair, corner tracking brackets, and an 'N' north-indicator in the HUD. A small dark, elongated vessel is visible mid-frame with a lighter wake trailing behind it across the…
DOW-UAP-PR039N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialThe single available frame is an overhead grayscale infrared image of a coastal compound, showing rooftops, what appears to be a dock or pier extending into water, and a network of roads or paths connecting structures. A red triangular mark…
DOW-UAP-PR040N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage showing an expansive cloud field with a cyan tracking reticle, corner brackets, and a letter-N marker centered on the frame, plus black redaction boxes along the edges. In these two frames the view is fille…
DOW-UAP-PR041N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialGrayscale infrared frame showing a low horizon with a dark, diffuse cloud- or smoke-like shape spanning the upper-middle portion of frame above a lighter, grainy ground area. A cyan tracking crosshair sits at center with a faint white horiz…
DOW-UAP-PR042N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared sensor footage shows a mostly flat grey field with a large soft-edged bright triangular or wedge-shaped area of contrast occupying the lower-left portion of the frame, resembling a heat bloom, plume, or lens…
DOW-UAP-PR044N/ADepartment of WarVideoOfficialBlack-and-white sensor footage showing an unusual dark, vignette-like circular field bordered by a bright, grainy edge, with a teal crosshair reticle and a red 'N' north-pointing arrowhead. The first frame shows a small elongated bright obj…

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