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This mission report (MISREP) comes from the 12th Special Operations Squadron and was released through USCENTCOM for AARO. It covers a 20 October 2024 ISR flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. From 1559Z to 1644Z the aircrew saw several lights or glares of unknown origin cross the full motion video feed, one described as a misshapen, uneven ball of white light. The crew assessed it as benign and not a lasing event, with no mission impact. The report was declassified on 24 October 2025.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 10/20/24, Syria. 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 a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light,” describing multiple “glares or light” emanating from an “unknown origin.” The reporter described the UAP as a “light/glare halo effect” at the top of the Full-Motion Video (FMV) feed. 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 • Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: Plasma • Number of UAP Sighted: • UAP Propulsion Means: UNKNOWN • UAP Payload: • UAP Under Intelligent Control (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Signatures: LIGHT • UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP RF Frequency: - • UAP RF Duration: - • UAP Event Serial Number: 201559ZOCT2024 • UAP Effects on Persons: NO • UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Effects on Equipment: - • Full Name:3.5c, FOIA Exemptions (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6) • Rank/Grade: E-4 • Email: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE):3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Observer Engagement of UAP (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • First Coordinate: 37SFU36 • First Seen Radius: 5 • Last Accuracy: Estimated 9(b)(1)1.4a(b)(1)1.4a (b)(1)1.4a9• Last Coordinate: 37SFU36 (b)(1)1.4a • Last Seen Radius: 15 • Kinetic Altitude Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Altitude: - • Kinetic Depth Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Depth: - • Kinetic Velocity Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Velocity: - • Kinetic Trajectory Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Trajectory: - • UAP Date of DoD Acquisition: 201559:00ZOCT24 • UAP Reaction to Observation, Interrogation, Engagement (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Anomalous Characteristics/ Behaviors: LIGHT/GLARE FROM UNKNOWN ORIGIN FLASHED ACCROSS FMV CAMERA FEED. AIRCREW ASSESSED THIS NOT TO BE A LASING EVENT. • First Accuracy: Estimated • Call Sign:(b)(1)1.4a • UAP First Seen Location: • UAP Last Seen Location: • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEYUSCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8SApproved for Release to AARO10/28/25 008
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