DOW-UAP-D012, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022

Official Conclusion

No positive identification; UAP type listed as UNK

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 UAP flying north to northeast. The observer reported following the UAP for as long as possible but was unable to positively identify it. 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 2043Z on 20 May 2022, an airborne ISR asset observed a single UAP flying north to northeast and followed it for as long as possible.
• →The screener could not obtain a positive identification on the UAP; MDS type and tail number are listed as UNK.
• →The friendly aircraft was at 18,000 feet altitude at grid 38S MC 851.4a 771.4a at the time of initial UAP contact.
• →The UAP was first seen at grid location 38SMC 791.4a 701.4a; altitude, depth, velocity, and trajectory were all listed as unknown.
• →The mission collected SIGINT via AIRHANDLER Version 2 and conducted FMV and sensor intelligence (SI) in support of OP PHANTOM FLEX, with intel gap assessed as filled.

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