Mission Report, Syria, July 2022

Date: 31 Jul 2022
Place: Syria
Record: Pentagon file
Assessment: Not assessed
Evidence strength

467 case pages by decade; this one falls in 2020s with 169 othersAll cases

What was reported

MISREP (89th Attack Squadron) for an armed reconnaissance/IMINT mission; at 0239Z the crew observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon moving north to south, with a total duration under one minute.

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
No: 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 Single sensor, brief (under one minute) track with almost no descriptive detail beyond direction of travel.

As described in the file

Witnesses: One ISR aircrew (89th Attack Squadron)
Sensors: Sensor (type redacted)
Motion: Moved north to south
Duration: Under one minute
Altitude or range: Not stated

Pentagon files

DocumentDOW-UAP-D016Release 1
DOW-UAP-D016, Mission Report, Syria, July 2022
Open the original on war.gov

What the file claims

Unverified
An unidentified aerial phenomenon was observed moving from north to south over a total duration of under one minute.

On the map

35.00° N, 38.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country

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