Arabian Gulf UAP observations, 2 November 2020
2020-11-02 · Arabian Gulf
Summary
A USCENTCOM mission report from the 482nd Attack Squadron recorded two observations of an unidentified aerial phenomenon during an ISR flight over the Arabian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman on 2 and 3 November 2020. The narrative says the aircraft took off from OKAS at 0608Z and supported NAVCENT. It put the mission at 20.42 hours and said the full motion video was exploited by DGS1.
The Gentext said the aircraft arrived on station at 1015Z to characterize vessels, UAS activity and activity outside ports. At 1012Z, according to the guardcall entry, Iranian Air Defense hailed the aircraft on guard frequency. The aircraft gave the standard response, and the report recorded no impact to the mission.
The first observation was logged at 2143Z. The report listed one unidentified aerial phenomenon near grid 39RWK58, altitude unknown, bearing 080 true, observed by FMV. The aircraft was at FL220 on heading 110 true at 105 KIAS. The second, at 2148Z, was described on page 7 as an additional phenomenon traveling northwest near 39RWK60, with the aircraft at 107 KIAS. Range and relative bearing fields were blank for both. The weather entry said haze precluded IMINT collection.
The report gave no identification or explanation. Two Department of War video entries carry the same date, titled 1 of 2 and 2 of 2. Their descriptions say an infrared sensor video was uploaded to a classified network in November 2020, and that AARO made no analytical judgment about it.
What the files say
“AT 2143Z, 1.4a OBSERVED 1X UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 39RWK58 (b)(1)1.4a ALTITUDE UNKNOWN WITH A BEARING OF 080 T.”
Page 6 →“AT 2148Z, 1.4a OBSERVED AN ADDITIONAL UAP TRAVELING NW IVO 39RWK60 (b)(1)1.4a”
Page 7 →“Weather: (U) HAZE PRECLUDED IMINT COLLECTION”
Page 5 →“AT 1012Z, 1.4a WAS HAILED ON GUARD (b)(1)1.4a FREQ BY IRANIAN AIR DEFENSE.”
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