Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, October 2020

This declassified U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP) from the 482nd Attack Squadron, filed through the 609th Combined Air Operations Center under AFCENT and USCENTCOM, records a 21-hour ISR flight on 1 to 2 October 2020. The flight supported NAVCENT over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, scanning Iranian naval vessels and airfields. The aircraft received five guard calls with no impact to the mission and observed one UAP at 1829Z. Heavy haze prevented imagery analysis. The report was declassified on 16 March 2026.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 10/1/20, 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 a UAP. 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.

## INGEST

- Rank:

- Full Name:

- Unit:

- Wing:

- Phone Number:

- Email:

- Service:

- Operations Center:

## ACEQUIP

## ACEQUIP

- Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a

- Radar Name or Destination: -

- Radar Software Load or Mission Data: -

- Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: -

- RWR Software Load or Mission Data: -

- MWS Name or Designator: -

- MWS Software Load or Mission Data: -

- IRCM Name or Designator: -

- IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: -

- * ECM Name or Designator: -

- ECM Software Load or Mission Data: -

- CMD Name or Designator: -

- Chaff Designator: -

- Num Chaff or Cartridges: -

- Flare Designator: -

- Num Flares: -

- Towed Decoy Name or Designator: -

- Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: -

- Num Towed Decoys: -

- Type of Radar-Guided AAM: -

- Num Radar-Guided AAM: -

- Type of IR-Guided AAM: -

- Num IR-Guided AAM: -

- Gun Name or Designator: -

- * Num Gun Rounds: -

- Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each:1.4(a)

- TGT Pod Name or Designator: ANDAS4

- Additional Avionics: AH-BS_WARIO

Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 16 March 2026 FOUO / Privacy Act applies

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