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This declassified U.S. Central Command mission report (MISREP) covers a U.S. Air Force ISR flight under Operation Inherent Resolve on 9 November 2023, released to AARO after a mandatory declassification review in June 2025. Heavily redacted entries describe full motion video and SIGINT collection against vehicles and persons of interest. While returning to base at 2153Z, the crew saw a solid UAP shaped like a bouncy ball that passed their aircraft at about 424 knots for seven minutes. They judged it benign and no threat.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 11/9/23, 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 one UAP “shaped as a bouncy ball.” The observer described the UAP as traveling “~424kn (483 mph) consistently for at least 7mins.” The reporter described the UAP approaching from the south. The operator assessed the object as “benign.” 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.
USCENTCOM MDR 25-007206/02/2025 000009SECRET//NOFORN • Initial Contact DTG: 092153:00ZNOV23 • UAP Event Type: UAP Incident • UAP Maneuverability Observations: NONE • UAP Response to Observer Actions: NO • MDS Type / Asset Type: 1.4a, 1.4g • Tail Number: 1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Location: 37S ET 34 1.4a 09 1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 1.4gRecommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Friendly Aircraft Trajectory: SOUTHEAST • Observer Assessment of UAP: Benign • Friendly Aircraft Speed: • Observation Interrogation of UAP (yes/no; if yes list sensor(s) and returns):: NO • Third-party Observers and/or Reporters: NONE • Friendly Aircraft State: • Training Range (If applicable): • Operational Range: • UAP Physical State: Solid • Number of UAP Sighted: • UAP Propulsion Means: UNK • UAP Payload: • UAP Under Intelligent Control (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Signatures: 1.4g • UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): YES, TRAVELED ~424KN CONSISTANTLY FOR AT LEAST 7MINS IN THE SHAPE OF A BOUNCY BALL. • UAP RF Frequency: NONE • UAP RF Duration: N/A • UAP Event Serial Number: 092153ZNOV2023-CENTCOM • UAP Effects on Persons: NO • UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Effects on Equipment: NONE • Full Name: 3.5c,(b)(3)130b, (b)(6) • Rank/Grade: 3.5c,(b)(6) • Email: 3.5c,(b)(6) • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): 3.5c,(b)(6) • Observer Engagement of UAP (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • First Coordinate: 37DST69 1.4a 7 1.4a • First Seen Radius: 5 • Last Accuracy: Estimated • Last Coordinate: 37SFT28 1.4a 3 1.4a • Last Seen Radius: 10 • Kinetic Altitude Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Altitude: 170 • Kinetic Depth Accuracy: Estimated 3.5c, (b)(6) SECRET//NOFORNApproved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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