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Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, September 2020

U.S. Department of War · 2020-09-16 · 9 pages · text from the file's own layer

This declassified U.S. Central Command mission report (MISREP) documents a 20 hour 56 minute ISR flight by the 482nd Attack Squadron on 15 to 16 September 2020. The aircraft flew over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman in support of NAVCENT. It records three guard calls from Iranian Air Defense and two lost-link interference events, each with medium mission impact. It also notes that the crew observed a UAP on full motion video at 1732Z. The report was declassified on 22 January 2026.

From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 9/16/20, Strait of Hormuz. 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 1,800 feet. 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. Hanison
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified or: 22 January 2026
Misrep 4782130
Narrative
AT 2302Zn::iil]TOOK OFF FROM OK.AS. Af 2313Z,~ HANDED OVER FROM Tl:iE
LRE, FROM 23462 TO l902Z,G1a:JCOLLECi ED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 03182 TO
1s29zr::;::;J suPPORTEt> NAVCENT FOR 01>ERAT10NI 1.4a hvo ARABIAN
GULF, STRAI'l OF HORMUZ AND GULF OF OMAN, SEE ISR!LINE 1. AT 04082.! 1.4a !
'RECEIVED A GUARD CALL SEE GUARD CALL LINE 1. AT 042 IZ,[ii;JRECEIVED A GUARD
CALL. SE'E GUARD CALL LINE 2. AT l 141Z.~ RECEIVED A GUARD CALL SEE GUARD
CALL LINE 3. AT 1248Z,~ LOST LINK SEE EMJ LINE 1. AT 14142:J 1.4a !LOST LINK. SEE
EMl LINE 2. AT 1732ZJ 1.4a !OBSERVED A UAP. SE'E OBS LINE L Af I829Z,~ WAS
CLEARED TO RTB, AT 19232,G:;]BANDf:D BACK TO TliS LRE. AT l 958Z,~ LANDED AT
OK.AS. FMV WAS EXPLOITtD BY DGSI. 20.9 MlSSION 1-IO~S. 15.2 IMlNT HOURS. I JMTNT
TASKING PROSECUTED, 19.3 S1GTNT HOURS, 1 SIGINT TAS ING PROSECUTED. 2 TOTAL
TASK1NGS PROSECUTED
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CLASSIFICATION
• Classification:
• Associated Caveats:
• Classification Source (MS ot Classification Guide ID): MUL11IPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20450301
OPERATION
• Operation~,_____1.4a______,
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th
• Majo:r -Command (MAJ COM): ACC
• Combatant Command (COCOl\'I): USCENTCOM
MSGID
• Repo:rt Type: IvllSREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 482ATKS
• Submit Date (Auto-generated):
USCENTCOM MOR 26-0019 Approved for Release to MRI 01/26/26 001

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