DOW-UAP-D063, Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, October 2020

Official Conclusion

Unresolved — UAP observed and logged; referred to Observation Line 1 (details not present in this release)

Official Description

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 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. A U.S. military operator reported observing a UAP. 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.

Key Findings

• →A single UAP was observed at 1829Z during an ISR mission over the Arabian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz area, documented as '1X UAP' in the mission narrative.
• →The UAP observation detail is contained in a separate 'OBSERVATION LINE 1' reference, the content of which is not visible in this document.
• →The mission was an AREC-type ISR sortie conducted by the 482nd Attack Squadron (482 ATKS), 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, operating out of OKAS, lasting 21 hours and 4 minutes total.
• →The aircraft was equipped with ANDAS4 as primary sensor and AH/GMESH sensors; heavy haze was noted as precluding full IMINT analysis during portions of the mission.
• →Five guard calls were received during the mission from a redacted agency, all responded to with standard response 1 and assessed as having no impact to the mission.

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