Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

This U.S. Department of War mission report from the Arabian Gulf, dated 2020, is a heavily redacted release in which the reporting units are withheld under exemption 1.4(a). It holds two UAP entries. The first reports one UAP at 1354Z moving at a constant 40 knots between FL160 and FL170. The second reports two possible UAPs at 2243Z, estimated at 278 knots, which sped up and turned south. The text draws no conclusions.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: N/A, Mediterranean Sea. 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 two UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 278 knots (320 mph. The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the south.” 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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