DOW-UAP-D065, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, July 2020

Official Conclusion

Unresolved — observations categorized as Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon with no identification 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 encountering three separate UAP on July 16, 2020, at 1830Z, 1920Z, and 2345Z. 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

• →Three separate UAP observations were recorded during a single ISR mission over the Arabian Gulf on July 16, 2020, at 1830Z, 1920Z, and 2345Z respectively.
• →All three UAP observations were made via Full Motion Video (FMV) sensor, with the primary sensor listed as ANDAS4 and additional avionics AH_GMESH.
• →The observations were characterized as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon' (UAP) in the official observation activity description fields of the MISREP.
• →The mission also included a guard call event at 0615Z and ISR scans identifying vessels including probable NASER WAP, SAFIR KISH, HOUDONG, and a NASER docked at Bushehr port.
• →Weather was explicitly noted as 'not a factor' for all three UAP observation events.

Extracted Entities