Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
- Date
- 29 May 2022
- Place
- Syria
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
MISREP (50th Attack Squadron) for an ISR/SIGINT mission over Syria that also recorded a probable Russian Su-30 flying close beneath the aircraft's orbit. Separately, at 0117Z, the crew observed one UAP flying north to northeast and followed it as long as possible without a positive ID; UAP Signatures recorded as 'No.'
What officials concluded
Unresolved
The file gives no official explanation.
- Agency
- Department of War
- Released in
- 123456
Evidence profile
- No: Visual
- Yes: Infrared
- No: Radar
- No: Video
- No: Photo
- No: Film
- No: Audio
- No: Night vision
- No: Other sensor
- No: Civilian
- No: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: Sensor operator
- No: Law enforcement
- No: Scientist
- No: Astronaut
- No: Intelligence official
- Yes: 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 sensor, explicit 'no signatures' field, no positive ID achieved; nearly identical wording and outcome to DOW-UAP-D012 filed nine days earlier by a different squadron, suggesting a standard unresolved-track template rather than a distinctive event.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One ISR sensor screener (50th Attack Squadron)
- Sensors
- FMV/sensor (type redacted)
- Motion
- Flying north to northeast
- Duration
- Not quantified
- Altitude or range
- FL240 (friendly aircraft altitude, not necessarily the UAP's)
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D014, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
A UAP was observed flying north to northeast at 0117Z with no radar/EW signatures ('UAP Signatures: No') and could not be positively identified.
On the map
35.00° N, 38.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country
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