DOW-UAP-D106, Mission Report, Iraq, 2022

Official Conclusion

Unresolved; UAPs did not hinder the mission. Altitude could not be determined.

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 the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (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. This mission report accompanies still imagery derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR130 and DOW-UAP-PR 131). A U.S. military operator reported observing UAP “flying sporadically within the target area… at various speeds between 80 and 180 miles per hour.” The reporter estimates the size of the UAP as between 1 and 2 meters (approximately 3-6 feet), and states that they were unable to determine the altitude of the phenomena. 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

• →At 2026Z on 5 May 2022, a U.S. military ISR platform observed multiple UAPs flying sporadically within target area 92AS near grid coordinate 38SMD38.
• →The UAPs were travelling at various speeds between 80 and 180 mph as measured by the platform's MTS sensor.
• →The size of the UAPs was estimated at approximately 1-2 meters; altitude could not be determined.
• →Observation was made via Full Motion Video (FMV) at a range of 4.98 nautical miles, with the observing aircraft at FL200 and 100 KIAS.
• →The UAPs did not hinder the mission, and the report notes FMV was exploited by DGS 1.

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