Disclosed

Mission Report, Iran, November 2020

Date
2 Nov 2020
Place
Iran
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 NAVCENT ISR patrol recording two separate UAP observations the same day: at 2143Z, one unidentified aerial phenomenon at unknown altitude bearing 080T; at 2148Z, a second UAP traveling northwest. No further characterization survives.

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, two brief observations five minutes apart with minimal detail (bearing/direction only, no altitude, speed, shape or size for either).

As described in the file

Witnesses
One aircrew (unit redacted)
Sensors
Sensor (type redacted)
Motion
Second object: traveling northwest
Duration
Not stated
Altitude or range
Unknown (first contact); not stated (second)

Pentagon files

1

What the file claims

2
  • Unverified

    One unidentified aerial phenomenon was observed at 2143Z at an unknown altitude, bearing 080 true.

  • Unverified

    A second, separate UAP was observed five minutes later traveling northwest.

On the map

32.00° N, 53.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country

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