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This is a U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP) from the 20th Attack Squadron under Operation Inherent Resolve, USCENTCOM. It covers a flight flown on 4 and 5 May 2022 and was declassified on 10 July 2026. During target development over a compound, the crew's full motion video showed probable UAPs about 1 to 2 meters in size flying sporadically at 80 to 180 mph. Their altitude could not be determined. Dust storms affected some of the collection, and the report states that the UAPs did not hinder the mission.
From the source: Release of 2026-09-18 Incident: 2022, 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 the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (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. This mission report accompanies video footage derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR140 and DOW-UAP-PR141). A U.S. military operator reported observing UAP, describing it as consisting of “six small spherical objects grouped together. They characterized the behavior of the UAP as “seem[ingle] agile,” and “frequently changing direction.” The reporter estimated the speed of the UAP to have been 480 miles per hour. 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.
EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: • Intel Gap Filled?: Yes • Gentext: OBSERVATION • Observation DTG: 050524:00ZMAY22 • Aircraft Callsign: • Aircraft Location: • Aircraft Heading: • Aircraft Altitude: • Aircraft Airspeed: • Relative Bearing or Clock Position: • Range: • Killbox & Keypad: • Observed Activity Location: • Observed Activity Description: • Method of Observation: FMV • EEIs Observed: • Number of EEIs: GENTEXT/OBSERVATION • Gentext: FROM 0524Z-0704Z, WAS SCANNING VARIOUS POIs IVO AND PERIODICALLY OBSERVED UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA AND IN THE NE PORTION OF ACCORDING TO THE , THE UAPs WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE UAPs WERE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS. DURING THE OBSERVATION PERIOD, WOULD REACQUIRE THE UAPs AFTER RETURNING THE SENSOR BACK TO THE ORIGIONAL POI LOCATIONS. THE UAPs DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION. WSV IS ATTACHED BELOW WEATHER • Weather: SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEYDECLASSIFEDDECLASSIFEDUNCLASSIFIEDUNCLASSIFIEDDeclassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20260710 -(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B) - - - - -(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) ((b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B)(b) (1) (B) 3.5C. (B)(6)
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Report, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 6 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.