DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016
Department of War · 11/18/16 · Syria · Document
DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 11/18/16 and location Syria. This document is a mission briefing summarizing an observation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) by a U.S. military platform near Latakia, Syria. A U.S. military pilot flying a P-8A aircraft reported observing an object via the aircraft s EO/IR sensor, which they characterized as appearing to be in sea skim mode, traveling at approximately 500 knots (575 mph) on a southeasterly heading. The P-8A lost visual contact with the object after two minutes. 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
- Hamson USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20 M 67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA 18 NOV 2016 J!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea tem FLIGHT PATH Mediterranean, P-IA, obe rved an unidentified low-ftylng object 86 nm northweet of Latakla from an. (native PDF text, page 1)
Details
- Hamson USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20 M 67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA 18 NOV 2016 J!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea tem FLIGHT PATH Mediterranean, P-IA, obe rved an unidentified low-ftylng object 86 nm northweet of Latakla from an. (native PDF text, page 1)
- The missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS and 1x U/1 vessel. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Weather: Uf P-8 aircrew charactenzeavisioilfty as clear, no range limitations..! (RUS) INGUL ARS US P-8A Location 1 3 1 0 2: -CTG 67.1 Comment: The mission commander for P 8 characterized the interaction as safe. (native PDF text, page 1)
- VVhile this was the first observed occurrence of possible missile activity by P-8 aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean it (native PDF text, page 1)
- (RUS) INGUL ARS US P-8A Location 1 3 1 0 2: -CTG 67.1 Comment: The mission commander for P 8 characterized the interaction as safe. (native PDF text, page 1)
- Video footage can be found at this link. (b)(6l 81!8PU!! (native PDF text, page 1)
Tags: War Department, Syria, Media evidence, Aircraft, Anomalous object, Missile