Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-D006

Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

Format
Document, 7 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 a UAP. 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.

Redactions war.gov lists this record as redacted. Withheld material is blacked out in the file itself.

7 pages, 56 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)

Page 6

1.4(a)

Page 7

1.4(a) 1.4(a) 1.4(a) • Description: (S/REL, AT 1246Z, 1.4(a) OBSERVED 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519. NO MISSION IMPACT, 1.4(a) CONTINUED ORIGINAL TASKING.

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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-D006 is a Mission Report (MISREP) submitted to AARO by a U.S. military operator. The document is dated 2020 and lists the incident location as the Pacific Ocean, though the record title references the Arabian Gulf — a discrepancy not resolved within the available text. The single substantive passage states that at 1246Z, one probable UAP was observed in the vicinity of a grid coordinate. The operator reported no mission impact and continued the original tasking. All other pages are withheld under exemption 1.4(a).

The document is almost entirely redacted, leaving the observer's identity, platform, sensor data, UAP description, and operational context unknown. The location inconsistency between the title and the metadata is unresolved. The GENTEXT section, which typically contains qualitative narrative details, appears to be among the redacted material. What remains is a single brief sighting notation confirming a UAP report was filed, with no descriptive or estimative detail surviving the release.

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  2. DOW-UAP-D004 Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020 Department of War Document No incident date or place given
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