Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
- Date
- 7 Jun 2024
- Place
- Gulf of Oman
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
MISREP (3rd Special Operations Squadron) recorded during return-to-base: at 0457Z the crew observed one UAP described as a glowing, hot, spherical object with a vertical, unwavering cylindrical pole or bar attached beneath it, possibly reflected in the water, moving at 140-163 knots. Flying straight and level just above the water; no change in response to observer actions.
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
- Yes: Military aircrew
- No: Military ground
- No: Airline crew
- No: 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
- Yes: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single sensor; the reporter's own note ('POSS REFLECTION FROM THE OBJECT IN THE WATER') and 'flying just above the surface of the ocean' are consistent with a heat-emitting surface craft or its own infrared reflection off water rather than an airborne anomaly.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One aircrew (3rd Special Operations Squadron)
- Sensors
- FMV/IR (type redacted)
- Shape
- Spherical with a vertical cylindrical pole/bar beneath it
- Lights and colour
- Glowing hot
- Motion
- 140-163 knots, flying straight just above the water
- Duration
- Not stated
- Altitude or range
- 23,999 ft (friendly aircraft altitude, not the object's)
- Effects
- None (NO on Effects on Persons)
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D027, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
A glowing, hot, spherical object with an unwavering vertical pole or bar attached beneath it was observed flying straight and level just above the ocean surface at 140-163 knots.
On the map
24.50° N, 58.50° E, a position at sea, approximate
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