Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

This is a heavily redacted U.S. Department of War mission report from 2020 describing a possible unidentified aerial phenomenon over the Arabian Gulf. The date is not given. It records that at 1258Z an observer whose identity is redacted saw a possible UAP at a given grid reference. The sighting was too brief to estimate the object's altitude, and its speed was put at 321 knots. The report says the UAP then sped up and turned east. The pilot's name is withheld under exemption (b)(6).

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, N/A. 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 UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 321 knots (369 mph). The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the east.” 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.

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