DOW-UAP-D20, Mission Report, Southern United States, 2020
Department of War · 3/31/23 · Iraq · Document
DOW-UAP-D20, Mission Report, Southern United States, 2020 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 3/31/23 and location Iraq. 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 several bright objects maneuvering quickly west to east northeast. The operator reported achieving a track on the UAP via an onboard targeting pod for approximately 20 seconds. The report describes that UAP then dimmed and disappeared from the targeting pod. 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.
Notable / anomalous element
- 1.4a iflt compared targeting pod between poss UAP and star. (native PDF text, page 6)
Details
- NFTR.// (SRlELIBffl Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION Classification: 8i36RE>f Associated Caveats: Wf'8RJ!l Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20480401 OPERATION Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE 3.5c. (native PDF text, page 1)
- 3.5c, F0IA Exemption (b}(6) Service: Air Force Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST Rank: Full Name: Unit: Wing: Phone Number: Email: Service: Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP I Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a I Radar Name or Destination:! (native PDF text, page 3)
- Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff BE!Hl'lfflifMOlt!if Declassified on: 8 October 2025 Additional Avionics: HTS-P R7.85 Data Link: LINK 16 Gentext: Timeline Takeoff Callsign 1.4a Number of Aircraft: 2 Asset Type (Aircraft). (native PDF text, page 5)
- On Station Time On Station DTG: 312058:00ZMAR23 Callsign:I 1.4a I JTAR Number: Killbox (Location): ESSA Mission Type: DCA JTAC Callsign: KINGPIN Gentext/Additional Details: (U) NSTR. (native PDF text, page 5)
- 1.4a iflt compared targeting pod between poss (native PDF text, page 6)
- 1.4a iflt compared targeting pod between poss UAP and star. (native PDF text, page 6)
Tags: War Department, Iraq, Air Force, Aircraft, AARO, Anomalous object, Radar