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Mission Report, Iraq, 2023

U.S. Department of War · 2023-03-31 · 6 pages · text from the file's own layer

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From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 3/31/23, Iraq. Released with redactions. 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 “several bright objects maneuvering quickly” west to east northeast. The operator reported achieving a track on the UAP via an onboard targeting pod for approximately 20 seconds. The report describes that UAP then dimmed and disappeared from the targeting pod. 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.

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OFF FROM PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE (OEPS) ISO OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE.! 1.4a !
FLT WAS FRAGGED TO CONDUCT DCA IN THE ESSA (2100-0000). MISSION WAS FLOWN AS
FRAGGED.
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KINGPIN TO CONDUCT DCA IN THE ESSA.
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TO RTB (OEPS). NSTR.
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~~14U'5 J:Q YBA, F¥EY) 01482-~FLT LANDED AT OEPS W/ ESD AT 02152. NFTR.//
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CLASSIFICATION
• Classification: 8i36RE>f
• Associated Caveats: Wf'8RJ!l
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20480401
OPERATION
• Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE
3.5c. FOIA Exemption (b)(6)
AARO
Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 8 October 2025
MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 001
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