Gulf of Oman UAP, June 2024

A USCENTCOM mission report from Operation ENDURING SENTINEL records one UAP detection on 7 June 2024. The narrative says the asset took off from OMAM, did not reach its station because of weather, and flew non-interference basis taskings at 2256Z and 0444Z. At 0457Z, during the return to base, it detected 1X UAP. The aircraft landed at OMAM after 10:13 mission hours.

The UAP section lists the initial contact as 070457:00ZJUN24. The report puts the friendly aircraft at 23,999 feet and 163 knots on a trajectory of 294. The event description says the aircraft was transiting over grid 40RFM60 when it observed the object. The report records the UAP movement as flying straight just over the water at 140 knots, with no change in response to observer actions.

The description field reads: a glowing hot spherical unidentified object with a vertical, unwavering cylindrical pole or bar on its bottom, with a possible reflection of the object in the water. The report lists the physical state as solid and propulsion as unknown. The observer assessment was benign. The report answers no to advanced capabilities, no to interrogation of the UAP, and no to effects on persons. It lists no third-party observers. Last position, velocity and accuracy fields are marked estimated, while the first accuracy is marked precise.

A separate item in the release, a 21-second infrared video from a U.S. military platform over the Gulf of Oman, was submitted to AARO by U.S. Northern Command as an unresolved UAP report. Its catalogue entry describes an inverted teardrop shape with a vertically linear trailing mass below it, and notes that the accompanying mission report raises the possibility of a reflection from something on the water's surface. Its official conclusion is listed as unresolved.