Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

Date: Date unknown
Place: Pacific Ocean
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in Undated with 20 othersAll cases

What was reported

A one-line surviving fragment: a U.S. operator observed one probable UAP at 1246Z with no mission impact, and the aircraft continued its original tasking.

What officials concluded

Unresolved

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency: Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9

No: Visual
No: Infrared
No: Radar
No: Video
No: Photo
No: Film
No: Audio
No: Night vision
Yes: Other sensor

Witnesses1 counted

No: Civilian
Yes: Military aircrew
No: Military ground
No: Airline crew
Yes: Sensor operator
No: Law enforcement
No: Scientist
No: Astronaut
No: Intelligence official
No: Other

Shapenot stated

No: Light only
No: Orb or sphere
No: Disc
No: Triangle
No: Cylinder
No: Cube
No: Other shape

Effectsnone reported

No: Physiological
No: Physical trace
No: Electromagnetic
No: Sound
No: Silent

Why this rating The surviving text is a single unelaborated sentence with no descriptive detail at all beyond 'probable UAP, no mission impact.'

As described in the file

Witnesses: One U.S. military operator (unit redacted)
Sensors: Onboard sensor (type redacted)

Pentagon files

DocumentDOW-UAP-D006Release 1
DOW-UAP-D006, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
Open the original on war.gov

What the file claims

Unverified
One probable UAP was observed with no impact to the mission, and the aircrew continued its original tasking.

On the map

15.00° N, 150.00° W, a position at sea, approximate

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