DOW-UAP-D019, Mission Report, Syria, February 21, 2023

Official Conclusion

NFTR (Nothing Further To Report); no radar returns received from UAP; no health effects to aircrew; WSV produced.

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 one “possible balloon” at approximately 2,100 feet. 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 0025Z on 21 February 2023, aircrew observed 3x possible UAPs in the vicinity of Shaddadi at FL240; no radar returns were received from the UAPs and 2 white objects were noted as IR significant; a WSV (Weapon System Video) was produced.
• →At 0021Z-0024Z, the flight received MFT radar jamming in the vicinity of Shaddadi at FL270 lasting 3 minutes, partially affecting the APG-82 radar system in the 8.8-9.9GHz frequency band; the working theory is that it was caused by a Turkish X-band jammer near the Syria/Turkey border.
• →At 0135Z, aircrew observed 1x possible balloon in the vicinity of Shaddadi at FL210; a WSV was produced; no further information was reported.
• →The crew reported no radar returns received from the UAPs and no health effects experienced by aircrew during the UAP observation.
• →The total mission time was 4 hours 55 minutes with 3 hours 37 minutes on station; the mission was not flown as originally fragged due to mission amendments.

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