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.
UFO mission report (MISREP), Iraq, 2022
This is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 7468013, MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095) for a reconnaissance sortie under Operation Inherent Resolve, originated by the 196 ATKS with a point of contact in the 163 ATKW (163 AW) and reported through the 6
UFO mission report (MISREP), Iraq, 2022
This declassified mission report (Misrep 7467030), from originator 20 ATKS under Operation Inherent Resolve (air domain, MAJCOM AFCENT, COCOM USCENTCOM), is classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The aircraft took off at 2149Z on 4 May 2022 a
UFO infrared image, 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
UFO infrared image, 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
▶ 156sUFO video: Middle East 2022, EO/IR, 3 min
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 interview on a UFO near 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 UFO witness narrative, Colorado Springs, 2022
FBI-UAP-D002 is a two-page FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication about a forensic sketch interview, dated July 2024. The interview took place in June 2024 at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, with a Special Agent and an Operational Projects Un
FBI digital rendering of UFO, 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
▶ 163sUFO video of two red orbs, northeastern US, March 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
UFO analysis: Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Feb 2022
ICA-UAP-D001 is a 4-page Intelligence Community analysis titled "USA/Colorado: An Airborne Object Over Cheyenne Mountain in February 2022 was Possible Backscattering of Sunlight" (page 2 is fully redacted). It assesses that an airborne obje
▶ 10sUFO video: 4 objects over water, Iran, 26 Aug 2022
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
▶ 22sUFO video: cigar or sphere, Middle East, 15 Oct 2022
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
▶ 237sUFO video: erratic spherical object, Europe, 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
▶ 17sUFO video near Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan, 2022
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
▶ 89sUFO video: several objects near Columbus, Ohio, 2022
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
▶ 286sUFO video: Middle East, 13 Jun 2022
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
UFO mission report, Middle East, May 2022
This is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP) for an ISR aircraft under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY, declassified on 7 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff (USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093
UFO 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
UFO mission report, Mediterranean, 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
UFO mission report, Syria, Jul 2022
U.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-16): a USCENTCOM mission report spanning 30-31 July 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by 89 ATKS (432 AEW) under the 609th CAOC/AFCENT, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVE
UFO mission report, Iraq, Dec 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, 20 FW) under the 609th CAOC/ACC, class