Syria UAP, July 2022

A mission report from Operation Inherent Resolve records an unidentified aerial phenomenon over Syria on 31 July 2022. The report covers an imagery and signals intelligence mission for TF Chosin that began with tasking at 301639Z July 2022. The aircraft departed Muwaffaq Salti Air Base at 301822Z and arrived on station at 302028Z.

The narrative states that at 310239Z the platform observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon near grid 37SFU27 74. The UAP section lists the initial contact time as 310239Z, the friendly aircraft altitude as 19,359 feet and its speed as 116 knots. It gives the event as occurring in less than a minute, with the UAP moving from north to south. The UAP Signatures field reads No. The fields for the number sighted, UAP altitude, velocity and trajectory carry no entries, and the description field is redacted.

The report's ISR narrative covers the same period. It records that at 0245Z the platform observed one adult male near 37SFU27 74. The ISR section does not link this to the UAP. The report states that full motion video was exploited by DGS1. It gives weather as not a factor. The rest of the narrative describes ground activity, including vehicles, a possible shooting range and a possible artillery system.

A separate item in the release, a 14-second video catalogued as an unresolved UAP report, is described in its catalogue entry as dual-sensor infrared and electro-optical footage submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO. The catalogue analysis lists the case as unresolved. The mission report gives no explanation for the event and records no conclusion about it.