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This declassified U.S. Central Command mission report (MISREP) describes an AC-130 type armed overwatch sortie flown from OKAS on 20 September 2024 under Operation Inherent Resolve. While the crew was doing a weapons calibration in Ayn al Asad Airbase's restricted operating zone, the weapons systems officer and combat systems officer saw an unidentified object fly through the aircraft's sensors at high speed after an AGM-176 was released. The object caused an infrared lens flare that pointed to a significant heat source. The crew assessed it as benign, and it was not seen again. The pages were declassified on 24 October 2025 and approved for release to AARO.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 9/20/24, 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. While conducting a weapons calibration test, U.S. military operators reported observing a lens flare via MX-20 and MX-25 IR sensors after firing an AGM-176 Griffin air-to-surface missile. The operators described the source of the flare as a UAP moving through the aircraft’s sensor’s field-of-view at a high rate of speed. The reporter assessed that the flare was associated with “a significant heat source.” 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.
SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEYDeclassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 Misrep undefined-10431840 Narrative (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) DEPARTED OKAS AT 1740Z TO CONDUCT ARMED OVERWATCH IVO 38SKC63 2 ARRIVED ON STATION AT APPROXIMATELY 1930Z AND CHECKED IN WITH (b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4(b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4a PERFORMED A WEAPONS CALIBRATION, HAVING RELEASED 20x105mm, 101x30mm, 1xAGM-176. 's CREW OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA DURING ITS PGM SHOT (SEE UAP 1). GFC INTENT MET. LANDED AT OKAS AT 0046Z.(b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4a WAS CLEARED OFF STATION AT 2323Z. (S/RELIDO) Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: REL TO USA, FVEY • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20490921 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFSOC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): SOTU 016 • Submit Date: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEYUSCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8SApproved for Release to AARO10/28/25 001
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