Arabian Gulf UAP observations, 8 August 2020

A USCENTCOM mission report, MISREP 4592219, filed by the 482ATKS, covered an ISR flight on 8 August 2020 over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman. The aircraft took off from OKAS at 0337Z and, according to the ISR section, arrived on station at 0513Z to support NAVCENT. The task was to scan for identified Iranian vessels, establish a pattern of life, and look for UAS activity.

The observation line records an observation time of 0726Z on 8 August 2020. The method of observation was FMV, and the activity description was "TRANSITTING". The narrative states the aircraft observed 1X UAP in the vicinity of a grid reference, with no impact to the mission. The main narrative calls it "noteworthy activity". Heading, altitude, airspeed, bearing and range fields for the observation are blank. Aircraft and asset details are redacted under exemption 1.4a.

The report gives two weather statements. The weather section on page 5 says weather was not a factor. The ISR weather entry says dense cloud coverage intermittently impacted FMV collection. The report offers no explanation for the object and records no conclusion beyond no mission impact. It records that FMV was exploited by DGS1. The aircraft landed at OKAS at 0045Z on 9 August, and the total mission time was 21 hours 8 minutes.

A second item, a Department of War release catalogued as dvid-1007715, is an AARO description of a 4 minute 52 second infrared video titled "08 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] UAP observation." Its catalogue summary says AARO assesses the footage likely came from a U.S. military infrared sensor in the CENTCOM area and that the materials lack a substantiated chain of custody. AARO states no conclusion about the event. No transcribed pages from that item were provided.