Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-D005

Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

Format
Document, 6 pages
Incident date
Not given
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
war.gov
Topics
Mission reports

Description from war.gov

This 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 (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing two UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 278 knots (320 mph. The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the south.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

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6 pages, 87 words of text

Page 1

1.4(a)

Page 2

1.4(a)

Page 3

1.4(a)

Page 4

1.4(a)

Page 5

1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • Description: (S/AREL) AT 1354Z, 14(a) OBSERVED 1X UAP IVO 34SCE7566990098. VELOCITY WAS 40 KNOTS AT FL160 TO FL170. UAP SPEED REMAINED CONSTANT. 1.4(a)

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1.4(a) GENTEXT/UAP • Description: (S/REL) AT 2243Z, 14(a) OBSERVED 2X POSS UAPS IVO 35TQK 1580995057. VELOCITY WAS ESTIMATED AT 278 KNOTS. UAPS INCREASED SPEED AND CHANGED DIRECTION TOWARDS THE SOUTH. (b) (6) 1.4(a)

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Machine summary

Written by Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) on May 22, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.

DOW-UAP-D005 is a Mission Report (MISREP) dated 2020, released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026, under the PURSUE Release 01 program. Despite the record title referencing the Arabian Gulf, the listed incident location is the Mediterranean Sea. The document records two separate UAP observations. The first, at 1354Z, involved a single UAP observed at a grid coordinate near flight levels 160–170, traveling at a consistent 40 knots. The second, at 2243Z, involved two possible UAPs estimated at 278 knots that subsequently increased speed and changed direction southward. Observer identities and additional contextual details are redacted under exemptions 1.4(a) and (b)(6).

The document is notable for containing two distinct UAP events within a single MISREP, with differing speed profiles. The discrepancy between the title's stated location (Arabian Gulf) and the document's listed location (Mediterranean Sea) is unresolved and unexplained in the available text. Nearly all pages are fully redacted under 1.4(a), leaving only the GENTEXT sections visible. The agency's disclaimer cautions that all speed and behavior descriptions reflect the observer's subjective interpretation at the time.

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