DOW-UAP-D064, Mission Report, Iran, November 2020

Official Conclusion

Unresolved — described only as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon'; no identification or explanation is provided.

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 two UAP on November 2, 2020, at 2143Z and at 2148Z. The first observation occurred at an unknown altitude. The reporter described the second UAP’s direction of travel as proceeding to the northwest. 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

• →Two UAP were observed via FMV sensor during a USCENTCOM ISR mission over the Arabian Gulf area on November 2, 2020, at 2143Z and 2148Z.
• →The first UAP was observed at an unknown altitude with a bearing of 080 True, in the vicinity of grid 39RWK (Arabian Gulf region).
• →The second UAP was observed five minutes later traveling northwest in the vicinity of the same general grid area.
• →The aircraft was hailed on guard frequency by Iranian Air Defense at 1012Z; the crew responded with a standard response and reported no impact to the mission.
• →Haze conditions precluded IMINT collection during portions of the mission, and no intel gap was filled per the effectiveness section.

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