Mission Report, Middle East, May 2022
- Date
- 6 May 2022
- Place
- Iraq
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A relatively complete MISREP for an ISR/SIGINT mission (call sign, unit and most tactical detail redacted) supporting target development. During the mission the crew observed 5x UAP fly across the sensor screen over roughly 4 hours (1514Z-1934Z): the first was assessed 'possible missile,' the remaining four fit the profile of 'possible birds.'
What officials concluded
Tentative explanation
One of five tracks assessed as a possible missile; the other four assessed as fitting the profile of possible birds.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- Yes: Visual
- Yes: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- 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
- No: Light only
- No: Orb or sphere
- No: Disc
- No: Triangle
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single FMV sensor; the reporting crew's own assessment attributes 4 of 5 tracks to birds and the fifth to a possible missile, both conventional explanations, leaving no unexplained residue in the crew's own account.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One ISR aircrew/sensor operator (unit redacted)
- Sensors
- FMV, SIGINT (unrelated to the UAP observation)
- Duration
- Observations spanning 1514Z to 1934Z (about 4 hours)
- Altitude or range
- Not stated
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D010, Mission Report, Middle East, May 2022
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
Of five UAP tracks observed over about four hours, the crew assessed one as resembling a missile and the other four as fitting the profile of possible birds.
On the map
33.00° N, 44.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country
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