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Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023

U.S. Department of War · 2023-10-31 · 9 pages · text from the file's own layer

This is a U.S. mission report (MISREP) from the 50th Attack Squadron covering an Operation Spartan Shield ISR sortie flown out of Al Dhafra (OMAM), United Arab Emirates, on 24 October 2023. USCENTCOM declassified it on 12 September 2025. The aircraft collected SIGINT and imagery for NAVCENT and got a professional guard call from Iranian air defense. The crew logged two UAP sightings, at 0241Z and 0322Z. Both were judged benign and solid, and neither showed maneuverability or intelligent control.

From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 10/31/23, Arabian Gulf. 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 one UAP. 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.

Declassified by MG Richard A Harrison
Ill IMT IIH I N T USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declass fled on: 12 Septel"lber 2025
FOUO Privacy Act applies
Admin
CLASSIFICATION
• Classification. 8001112Clf
• Associated Caveats: l JOFORJ f
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20481025
OPERATION
• Operation: OP SPARTAN SHIELD
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th
• Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC
• Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM
MSG!D
• Report Type: MISREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 50ATKS
• Submit Date:
MSNID
• Tasking Order (ATO): UR
• Mission Type: JSR
• ATO Mission Number:! 1.4a
• Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES
• Service Tasked: A • AIR FORCE
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• Rank: AlC
• Full Nameilsc,(b)(3J, 130b, (bl(+>
• Unit: 50TH ATKS
• Wing: 432 AEW
• Phone Number: ,...I-3-.5-c-,lb-}l-6)---.
• Email:I 3.5c,(b)(6)
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USCENTCOM MOR 25-0104 Approved for Release to M RO - FOUO / PA applies 09/12/25 000002

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