Declassified UAP

DOW-UAP-D052

Email Correspondence, NA, August 2024

Format
Document, 2 pages
Incident date
10/31/24
Place
Not given
Released
Release 01, May 8, 2026
Source
war.gov
Topics
Orbs & spheres, Correspondence

Description from war.gov

This document is email correspondence describing the content of a mission report and requesting clarification on its content. 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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2 pages, 133 words of text

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(b) (6) CLASSIFICATION: SECRET//NOFORN Good morning, Below is the requested additional information (include the year) to the UNCLASS tear line. Let us know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. v/r (b) (6) PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician 15 AF / DET 1 (b) (6) //UNCLASSIFIED// 31 OCT 24, U.S Aircraft observed a possible UAP. It appeared to be oval/orb

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shaped, likely moving at a low speed. The U.S Aircraft had eyes on the poss UAP for over 2 hours. //UNCLASSIFIED// (b) (6) CLASSIFICATION: SECRET//NOFORN Hello, Could you please approve the use of the year this incident took place? Currently you have approved the month and the day, we request it includes the year. Thank for your assistance. V/r (b) (6) Information Disclosure Analyst

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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-D052 is a two-page email exchange dated October 31, 2024, classified SECRET//NOFORN, involving a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician assigned to 15th Air Force, Detachment 1, and an Information Disclosure Analyst. The correspondence concerns an unclassified tear line summarizing a mission report in which U.S. aircraft observed a possible UAP described as oval or orb-shaped, apparently moving at low speed, with observation lasting over two hours. The location is not specified. The exchange centers on a request to include the year of the incident in the unclassified portion of the report, which had previously been approved only for month and day disclosure.

The document is notable primarily as an administrative record illustrating the release-approval process for UAP incident details rather than as a substantive intelligence report. Sender and recipient names are redacted under exemption b(6). No technical data, sensor information, or analytical conclusions are included. The unclassified tear line contains the only descriptive content about the observed object. The two-hour observation window is the most operationally significant detail present in the available text.

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