DOW-UAP-D106

Mission Report, Iraq, 2022

Agency: Department of War
Format: Document, 6 pages
Incident date: 2022
Place: Iraq
Released: Release 06, September 18, 2026
Source: war.gov
Topics: Infrared / FLIR, 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 the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (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. This mission report accompanies still imagery derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR130 and DOW-UAP-PR 131). A U.S. military operator reported observing UAP “ﬂying sporadically within the target area… at various speeds between 80 and 180 miles per hour.” The reporter estimates the size of the UAP as between 1 and 2 meters (approximately 3-6 feet), and states that they were unable to determine the altitude of the phenomena. 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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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies Misrep 7468013 Narrative AT 0614Z, 1.4a • TOOK OFF LATE FROM 14g DUE TO WEATHER AT THE LRE. AT 0624Z, 1.4a HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 0640Z TO 0005Z, COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER VERSION 2. FROM 1054Z TO 2100Z, 1.4a SUPPORTED OP _ 1.4a _IVO 38SMD381.4a541.4a ISO MAG (SEE ISR 1). (S//REL) AT 2026Z 1.4a WAS SCANNING POI IVO 38SMD381.4a541.4a AND PERIODICALLY OBSERVED UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA OF 92AS. ACCORDING TO THE 1.4a, 14g MTS, THE UAPs WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE UAPS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS. THE UAPS DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION. (SEE OBS 1) AT 2100Z, 14a WAS CLEARED TO RTB. AT 0014Z, 1.4a HANDED BACK TO THE LRE.AT 0039Z, CDR74 LANDED AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS 1. Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: • Associated Caveats: • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470506 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 196 ATKS • Submit Date (Auto-generated): USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 3.5c, (b)(6) Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 031

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): AA • Mission Type: RECONNAISSANCE • ATO Mission Number: [1.4a] • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Рос POC • Rank: TSgt • Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(6) • Unit: 163 ATKW • Wing: 163 AW • Phone Number 3.5c, (b)G) • Email: [ 3.5c, (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other • Rank: Ctr • Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(6) • Unit: 15AF, Det 1, PAROC • Wing: Other • Phone Number: • Email:| 3.5c, (b)(6) 3.5c, (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other APPROVER • Rank: SSgt • Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(6) • Unit: ISRD • Wing: 379 AEW • Phone Number: [ 3.5c, (b)(6) • Email: 3.5c, (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 3.5c, (b)(6) Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 032

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies INGEST • Rank: • Full Name: • Unit: • Wing: • Phone Number: • Email: • Service: • Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a • Radar Name or Destination: • Radar Software Load or Mission Data: • Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: • RWR Software Load or Mission Data: • MWS Name or Designator: • MWS Software Load or Mission Data: • IRCM Name or Designator: • IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: • ECM Name or Designator: • ECM Software Load or Mission Data: • CMD Name or Designator: • Chaff Designator: • Num Chaff or Cartridges: • Flare Designator: • Num Flares: • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: • Num Towed Decoys: • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: • Num Radar-Guided AAM: • Type of IR-Guided AAM: • Num IR-Guided AAM: • Gun Name or Designator: • Num Gun Rounds: • Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: • TGT Pod Name or Designator: ANDAS4 • Additional Avionics: AHv2 3.5c, (b)(6) USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 033

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Data Link: • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • Callsign: I 1.4а • Number of Aircraft 4g • Asset Type (Aircraft): 1.4a, 1.4g • Aircraft Tail Number(s): [ 1.4g • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): [ 1.4g • Takeoff Time DTG: 050614:00ZMAY22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): 2232 • Gentext/Additional Details: LRE. • Mission Canceled: 1.4a _DELAYED TAKEOFF DUE TO WX AT THE On Station • Time On Station DTG: 050624:00ZMAY22 • Callsign: L 1.4а • JTAR Number: • Killbox (Location): 91AS5 • Mission Type: RECONNAISSANCE • JTAC Callsign: • Gentext/Additional Details: • Did not Arrive On Station: Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: 060014:00ZMAY22 • Total Time On Station: 17 hours 50 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): L 1.4g • Last Land Time: 060039:00ZMAY22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 060049:00ZMAY22 • Total Mission Time: 18 hours 25 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 3.5c, (b)(6) Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 034

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FODO / Privacy Act applies ISR • Time-on Station DTG: 051054:00ZMAY22 • Time-off Station DTG: 052100:00ZMAY22 • Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a • Msn Type: RECON • Primary Sensor: ANDAS4 • Sensors Available: AHv2 • Tasking Type: Planned • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): 1.4a • BE Number (if NTISR): • Tasked Start Point: 38SMD381.4a541.4a • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): • EEls Observed: • Number of EEIs: GENTEXT/ISR • Gentext: 1.4a • COORDINATED WITH MAG 409 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PRE-COORDINATION WAS SATISFACTORY DUE TO THE SUPPORTED UNIT PROVIDING ADEQUATE MISSION INFORMATION. AT 1054Z, 1.4 ARRIVED ON OP PHANTOM FLEX ISO MAG AND CONDUCTED FMV AND SI. AT 2100Z, 1.4a WAS CLEARED OFF STATION AND RETURNED TO BASE. ISR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: MAG • Supported Operation: OP 1.4a • Precoord Time: 409 MINUTES • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: (U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: • Intel Gap Filled?: Yes • Gentext: OBSERVATION 3.5c, (b)(6) USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 035

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 30 June 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Observation DTG: 052026:00ZMAY22 • Aircraft Callsign: E • Aircraft Location: 38S MD 411.4a 45|1.4a • Aircraft Heading: -75 • Aircraft Altitude: FL200 • Aircraft Airspeed: 100 KIAS • Relative Bearing or Clock Position: • Range: 4.98NM • Killbox & Keypad: 91AS • Observed Activity Location: 38SMD381.4a541.4a • Observed Activity Description: UAS • Method of Observation: FMV • EEIs Observed: • Number of EEIs: GENTEXT/OBSERVATION • Gentext: | AT 2026Z 1.4a WAS SCANNING POI IVO 38SMD381 4a541.4a AND PERIODICALLY OBSERVED UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA OF 92AS. ACCORDING TO THE 14a, 1.4g MTS, THE UAPS WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE UAPS WERE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS. THE UAPS DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION. WEATHER • Weather: 3.5c. (b)(6) USCENTCOM MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095 Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO / PA applies 06/30/26 036

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DOW-UAP-D106 is a Mission Report (MISREP) originating from the 196th Attack Squadron / 163rd Attack Wing, submitted under USCENTCOM in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq theater, dated 5-6 May 2022. The report documents a reconnaissance sortie (RPA/MQ-9 type platform, based on unit and sensor designations) tasked to support a MAG unit near coordinates in Killbox 91AS/92AS. During on-station operations at 2026Z, the sensor operator observed unidentified aerial phenomena flying erratically within the target area, tracked via full-motion video and AN/DAS-4 targeting pod. The objects were estimated at 80-180 mph, 1-2 meters in size, with altitude undeterminable; they did not interfere with the mission. Accompanying infrared still imagery is filed separately as DOW-UAP-PR130 and PR131.

The document is notable for embedding a UAP sighting within routine ISR mission paperwork rather than a dedicated report, illustrating how such encounters are captured incidentally in standard MISREP GENTEXT fields. Significant redactions obscure aircraft callsign, tail number, exact coordinates, unit personnel names, and contact information (citing exemptions 1.4a, 1.4g, 3.5c, and (b)(6)). The described object behavior—erratic flight, moderate speed range, small size, indeterminate altitude—is consistent with other AARO-forwarded military UAP reports from the Iraq/Syria theater during this period.

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