DOW-UAP-D6, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

Department of WarPDFIncident ReportSECRETHeavy redaction3/10— niche or mildly interestingPURSUE Release 1

Location: Pacific Ocean
Released: May 8, 2026

AI Analysis

This is a military Mission Report (MISREP) documenting a UAP observation in the Arabian Gulf region in 2020. The only substantive unredacted content is a brief description noting that at 1246Z, an observer reported 1x probable UAP in the vicinity of grid coordinate 3SKT4255899519, with no mission impact and continued original tasking. The remaining six pages are almost entirely blacked out under the 1.4(a) exemption.

Key Findings

→At 1246Z, a redacted military operator observed 1x probable UAP at grid coordinate 3SKT4255899519.
→The observation had no mission impact, and the operator continued with original tasking.
→The entire report is classified SECRET/REL (releasable) per the S//REL marking visible in the description field.
→Nearly all contextual information — including operator identity, platform, mission details, and UAP characteristics — is redacted under exemption 1.4(a).

Analyst Notes

Document is approximately 95% redacted under exemption 1.4(a), leaving only a single-sentence UAP observation with no descriptive details about the object's appearance, behavior, size, speed, or flight characteristics. The observation is described only as 'probable' UAP, indicating uncertainty. No sensor data, corroborating witnesses, or follow-up analysis is visible in the released content. The report's intelligence value is severely limited by the extent of redaction.

Extracted Entities

Agencies & Organizations

Department of WarAARO (referenced in context)

Locations

Arabian GulfGrid coordinate 3SKT4255899519

Aircraft & Objects

1x probable UAP (no further description available due to redaction)

Dates

20201246Z (time of observation)

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