Disclosed

Mission Report, Greece, October 2023

Date
29 Oct 2023
Place
Aegean Sea
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 (33rd Special Operations Squadron), two days after DOW-UAP-D033: a UAP described as 'seemingly circular, too small to make out details' was observed flying just above the ocean surface toward land at an estimated 30 mph before contact was lost. No signatures recorded; observer assessed benign.

What officials concluded

Unresolved

The file gives no official explanation.

Agency
Department of War
Released in

Evidence profile

Sensors1 of 9
  • No: Visual
  • Yes: Infrared
  • No: Radar
  • No: Video
  • No: Photo
  • No: Film
  • No: Audio
  • No: Night vision
  • No: 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
ShapeOrb or sphere
  • No: Light only
  • Yes: 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; the crew's own description ('too small to make out details') is a direct statement of resolution limits, and a slow (30 mph) low-altitude object near a coastline is consistent with a bird or small boat wake as easily as anything anomalous.

As described in the file

Witnesses
One aircrew (33rd Special Operations Squadron)
Sensors
FMV (G-MESH sensor)
Shape
Seemingly circular, too small to make out details
Motion
Approx. 30 mph, flying just above the ocean surface toward land
Duration
Not stated
Altitude or range
Not stated
Effects
None (NO)

Pentagon files

1

What the file claims

1
  • Unverified

    A small, seemingly circular object too small to resolve details was tracked flying just above the ocean surface toward land at an estimated 30 mph before the crew lost the track.

On the map

38.50° N, 25.00° E, a position at sea, approximate

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