DOW-UAP-D32, Mission Report, Syria, October 2024

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Location: Syria
Incident date: 10/20/24
Released: May 8, 2026

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 a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light,” describing multiple “glares or light” emanating from an “unknown origin.” The reporter described the UAP as a “light/glare halo effect” at the top of the Full-Motion Video (FMV) feed. 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.

UAP Insight Analysis— AI generated, not official

This is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP) from Operation Inherent Resolve, dated October 20-21, 2024, documenting a 20-hour ISR sortie flown by a classified Air Force special operations asset based at OJMS. During the mission, an Unidentified Aerial/Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP) was observed at 1559Z via FMV camera feed, described as a misshapen ball of white light with glare/halo effects appearing at multiple times between 1559Z and 1644Z. The aircrew assessed the UAP as benign with no mission impact.

Key Findings

→At 1559Z on 20 October 2024, an ISR asset operating under Operation Inherent Resolve observed a UAP described as a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' crossing the FMV camera feed at unknown origin.
→The UAP manifested as light/glare flashes across the FMV camera at 1559Z, 1602Z, and 1644Z, with a halo effect observed at the top of the FMV feed at 1609Z and 1620Z — a roughly 45-minute observation window.
→The observer, an E-4 ranked aircrew member, assessed the UAP as benign with no mission impact, and the event was determined not to be a lasing event.
→The UAP was formally categorized with physical state listed as 'Plasma,' signatures listed as 'Light,' and propulsion means listed as 'Unknown'; no RF signatures, advanced capabilities, or recovered materials were noted.
→The aircraft was at 20,088 feet altitude in an orbit at 144 knots when the UAP was observed; no sensor interrogation of the UAP was conducted and there were no third-party corroborating observers.

Extracted Entities

People

MG Richard A. Harrison (USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, declassifying authority)

Agencies & Organizations

USCENTCOM (United States Central Command)AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command)12 SOS (12th Special Operations Squadron)27 SOW (27th Special Operations Wing)56 SOIS609 CAOC (Combined Air Operations Center)AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office)

Locations

OJMS (takeoff and landing location, ICAO code)37S FV 85 (ISR collection point 1)37S FU 36 (ISR collection point 2 / UAP observation area)

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