2021: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
15 UAP cases
2021 accounts for 15 UAP cases in this archive — 14 videos and 1 document — released by Department of War and FBI under the PURSUE program. Reported locations for the year include CENTCOM, Northeastern United States, and East China Sea, among others. This page is part of the 2020s on the UAP Browser timeline; browse the full decade for more context on the years around it.
UFO intelligence report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 (AFSOC)
A 7-page Intelligence Information Report (IIR) originated by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), classified SECRET//NOFORN, dated 27 April 2022 (message date-time group 271329ZAPR22), describing a UAP encounter on 8 September 2021
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 16 s
Grayscale infrared (FLIR-style) sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle with tick-mark graticule lines running horizontally and vertically. A warm amber-toned gradient washes across one corner of the frame, likely a thermal or
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 30 s
Grayscale infrared sensor footage with a fixed crosshair reticle and tick-mark graticule, similar in style to the adjacent case. A black wedge/border intrudes at one corner of the frame and the reticle appears slightly tilted, consistent wi
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 2 s
Grayscale infrared sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle with horizontal and vertical tick-mark graticule lines, closely matching the framing seen in adjacent cases from this segment. A warm amber gradient covers one side of
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 13 s
Grayscale infrared sensor footage viewed through a fixed crosshair reticle, with a black bar/edge along one side of the frame indicating this is a secondary recording of a display rather than a direct sensor export. Two small ring-shaped ma
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 34 s
Grayscale infrared sensor footage nearly identical in framing to the adjacent case: a fixed crosshair reticle with a black bar/edge along one side of the frame (again suggesting a secondary recording of a display). The same cluster of two s
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 26 s
Grayscale infrared sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle, with a black bar along one edge of the frame consistent with a secondary recording of a display. Unlike the tightly clustered symbols in adjacent cases, this footage s
▶ 163sUFO video of rotating lights, northeastern US, Nov 2021
Grainy night-sky footage against a near-black background. The first frame shows a single blurry, warm-white blob of light. In the second frame the light has resolved into a tight cluster of several small pinpoint lights (white with a faint
▶ 302sUFO video: instant acceleration, Syria, 2021
The first captured frame is a black title card reading 'UAP 2021, Apparent Instantaneous Acceleration Examination, original clip excerpt at 100% speed,' with no sensor imagery visible. The second frame shows a grayscale infrared view of gra
▶ 290sUFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, object 2
Full-color daytime aerial/electro-optical sensor view looking down on rugged, folded mountainous terrain with a dark shadowed ravine running diagonally across the frame. Small cyan tracking brackets and an 'N' compass marker are overlaid ne
▶ 286sUFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 0
Color daylight sensor footage showing an aerial top-down view of arid, ridged desert terrain in tan and beige tones, with a hazy blue-grey patch that may be water, shadow, or haze. A teal-colored HUD crosshair with corner brackets and an 'N
▶ 290sUFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 1
A blue-tinted electro-optical sensor view shows a layer of clouds over open sky or water, with a crosshair reticle near the frame center and a small, faint white dot to its right, presumed to be the tracked object. In the later frame the do
▶ 289sUFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 2
Grayish-blue infrared sensor imagery from altitude, showing a mottled, textured surface resembling terrain or thick haze/cloud. A teal-colored HUD overlay includes a centered crosshair, bracket-shaped corner markers, and an 'N' north indica
▶ 24sUFO video: East China Sea, 9 Jun 2021
Black-and-white infrared sky imagery showing layered wispy clouds and a bright contrail-like streak crossing the frame diagonally from lower left to upper right. A dark teal HUD overlay includes a centered crosshair, small corner bracket ma
▶ 297sUFO video: Middle East, 3 Jan 2021 (US military)
Grayscale aerial EO sensor footage over open rural terrain — plowed fields, scattered trees, dirt tracks, and a road or rail line running along the top of the frame. Orange bracket-corner markers and small orange square/diamond icons are sc