2022: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
21 UAP cases
2022 accounts for 21 UAP cases in this archive — 8 videos and 13 documents — released by Department of War, FBI, and Intelligence Community Agency under the PURSUE program. Reported locations for the year include Iraq, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., and CENTCOM, 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.
DOW-UAP-D106, Mission Report, Iraq, 2022
This is a declassified USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 7468013) documenting a reconnaissance sortie flown under Operation Inherent Resolve, tasked to the 163rd Attack Squadron / 163rd Attack Wing and reported through the 609th Air Operatio
DOW-UAP-D109, Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
This declassified USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 7467030) documents a May 2022 reconnaissance sortie in the Middle East, flown by the 20th Attack Squadron under Operation Inherent Resolve and reported through the 609th Air Operations Cent
DOW-UAP-PR130, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, 2022
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 202
DOW-UAP-PR131, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, 2022
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 202
▶ 156sDOW-UAP-PR141, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2022
Aerial sensor footage that opens on a split-screen display, grayscale infrared on the left and tan-toned electro-optical on the right, each with its own teal crosshair reticle. The feed then switches to a single full-frame grayscale infrare
FBI-UAP-D001, FD-302, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
FBI-UAP-D001 is an FD-302 (FBI interview report), 2 pages, documenting an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams in March 2025 by a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent with a witness (name redacted). The witness described a UAP sig
FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 contains a first-hand narrative description of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colora
FBI-UAP-D003, Digital Rendering, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
FBI-UAP-D003 is a single-page "Digital Rendering" produced as part of the FBI's Colorado Springs UAP case file (companion to the FD-302 witness interview FBI-UAP-D001 and the FD-1057 forensic sketch interview record FBI-UAP-D002). This is t
▶ 163sFBI-UAP-PR002, “Red Orb Rotation,” Northeastern United States, 2022
Two low-resolution night-sky frames show a single small reddish-orange glowing orb against an almost pure black background. The orb's shape shifts slightly between frames, appearing as an elongated teardrop in one and a more rounded blob in
ICA-UAP-D001, Analysis: Colorado Springs UAP Incident, 2022
ICA-UAP-D001 is a 4-page Intelligence Community Analysis assessing the same February 2022 Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs sighting documented in the FBI's Colorado Springs case file (FBI-UAP-D001/D002/D003). Titled "USA/Colorado: An Air
![DOW-UAP-PR050, "4 UAP Formation Iran 26 Aug 2022 over water [CALLSIGN]"](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/frames/video/2605/1007706/DOD_111719709.0000001/1000w_q95.jpg)
▶ 10sDOW-UAP-PR050, "4 UAP Formation Iran 26 Aug 2022 over water [CALLSIGN]"
Grainy black-and-white infrared sensor view looking down at a wind-streaked ocean surface. Several small dark, elongated objects are visible, each trailing a bright white wake-like streak, with blue bracket-style tracking markers placed ove
▶ 22sDOW-UAP-PR053, "Cigar Shaped or Fast Spherical UAP clip 15 OCT 22"
Black-and-white overhead aerial surveillance footage (daytime EO sensor) looking down on a dense urban block of flat-roofed buildings, alleys, and parked vehicles. Green square bracket target markers and a green diamond/dot are scattered ac
![DOW-UAP-PR054, "Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/frames/video/2605/1007711/DOD_111719726.0000001/1000w_q95.jpg)
▶ 237sDOW-UAP-PR054, "Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN] (Mission) 2022"
Black-and-white infrared footage showing a small, sharply bright white dot against a dark, banded horizon of sky and terrain. The point of light stays roughly centered-left across both frames, with faint radiating streaks suggesting sensor
▶ 17sDOW-UAP-PR072, "ADMINISTRATIVE REVISION: IIR 1777 J0032 22 Kazakhstan - UAP in the vicinity of Karaganda International Airport"
The first sampled frame is entirely black with no visible content. The second frame shows a night scene from a low, ground-level or vehicle-mounted camera: a dark horizon with a distant bright light source producing a faint fan-shaped glow
▶ 89sDOW-UAP-PR073, IIR 1 655 S0053 23/Several Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Encountered In The Vicinity of Columbus OH"
The first frame is almost entirely black with no visible content. The second frame shows a washed-out, grainy grey field with a white square tracking-gate reticle containing a small central dot, and a faint horizon with ocean waves visible
![DOW-UAP-PR074, "[CALLSIGN] (Mission)HD_20220613"](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/frames/video/2605/1007791/DOD_111720775.0000001/1000w_q95.jpg)
▶ 286sDOW-UAP-PR074, "[CALLSIGN] (Mission)HD_20220613"
A grayscale infrared sensor shows a wide panorama of sky and cloud cover, with corner bracket markers and a crosshair near center, plus a faint small dot visible to the right of the reticle in the earlier frame. The later frame is almost en
DOW-UAP-D010, Mission Report, Middle East, May 2022
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-10), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report from 6-7 May 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and declassified 7 October 2025 by Maj. Gen. Richard A. Harris
DOW-UAP-D012, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-12), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report spanning 20-21 May 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by the 196th Attack Squadron (196 ATKS, Air National Guard remotely-piloted-aircr
DOW-UAP-D014, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-14), a USEUCOM ISR mission report spanning 29-30 May 2022, originated by the 50th Attack Squadron (50 ATKS) under the 603rd Air Operations Center, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and
DOW-UAP-D016, Mission Report, Syria, July 2022
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/
DOW-UAP-D018, Mission Report, Iraq, December 2022
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-18), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report spanning 1-2 December 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by the 482nd Attack Squadron (482 ATKS, 20th Fighter Wing-associated RPA unit)