DOW-UAP-D018, Mission Report, Iraq, December 2022

Official Conclusion

No conclusion stated; observer noted 'possible UAP/UAV' and continued mission with no further events observed.

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 UAP” flying from west to east. The observer did not pursue the 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

• →At 1620Z on December 1, 2022, a U.S. military airborne asset observed one possible UAP/UAV flying west to east near grid 38SMB42__83__ in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq.
• →The observer did not follow or pursue the UAP and continued the mission as tasked; no further events were observed.
• →The UAP report logged zero RF signatures, no effects on persons, and no physical state description — minimal sensor data was captured.
• →The primary sensor aboard the aircraft was Full Motion Video (FMV); the document does not confirm whether the FMV captured the UAP.
• →The total mission duration was 19 hours 17 minutes, with the UAP sighting occurring during an ISR/Target Development tasking for USCENTCOM under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE.

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