Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020

Date: 27 Aug 2020
Place: Arabian Gulf
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 for a similar NAVCENT ISR patrol; the crew was hailed by Iranian air defense (standard call/response), then observed a 'formation of unknown flying objects' traveling northeast to northwest along the coast for approximately two minutes before light cloud coverage prevented continuous tracking.

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 track lost to weather; 'formation' suggests multiple conventional objects (birds, aircraft) moving together at least as plausibly as a coordinated anomaly.

As described in the file

Witnesses: One aircrew (unit redacted)
Sensors: Sensor (type redacted)
Motion: Traveling northeast to northwest along the coast
Duration: Approx. 2 minutes
Altitude or range: Not stated

Pentagon files

DocumentDOW-UAP-D061Release 1
DOW-UAP-D061, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020
Open the original on war.gov

What the file claims

Unverified
A formation of unknown flying objects was tracked along the coast for about two minutes before cloud coverage broke the track.

On the map

27.00° N, 51.50° E, a position at sea, approximate

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