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Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023

U.S. Department of War · 2024-06-07 · 8 pages · text from the file's own layer

This declassified U.S. Central Command mission report (MISREP) records an Air Force Special Operations ISR flight by the 3rd Special Operations Squadron from OMAM on 6 to 7 June 2024 under Operation Enduring Sentinel. Weather prevented it from reaching its tasked station, and during two scanning tasks it watched for dhow traffic. On the return leg the crew recorded one UAP, a glowing, hot, spherical object with a vertical pole beneath it, flying straight just above the water at 140 knots. The crew assessed it as benign.

From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 6/7/24, Gulf of Oman. 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 at an estimated altitude of approximately 24,000 feet. The observer estimated the UAP’s speed as 163 knots (187 mph). 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
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 24 October 2025SECRET//NOFORN
• Rank: SrA
• Full Name:3.5c, FOIA Exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)
• Unit: Unavailable
• Wing: 379 AEW
• Phone Number:3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)
• Email: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC
INGEST
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ACEQUIP
ACEQUIP
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• Radar Name or Destination:(b)(1)1.4a
• Radar Software Load or Mission Data:
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3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)
SECRET//NOFORNUSCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8SApproved for Release to AARO10/28/25 003

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