Mission Report, Gulf of Aden, July 2024
- Date
- 14 Jul 2024
- Place
- Gulf of Aden
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
MISREP: the crew observed one UAP maintaining a straight flight path at a constant altitude; the report notes its 'speed was faster than flying speed' (an ambiguous phrase, likely meaning faster than a bird's flight speed given context). The crew followed it until the distance became too great; assessed as benign.
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
- No: Cylinder
- No: Cube
- No: Other shape
- No: Physiological
- No: Physical trace
- No: Electromagnetic
- No: Sound
- No: Silent
Why this rating Single sensor, vague/ambiguous speed characterization ('faster than flying speed' is not a standard unit and its comparison point -- likely a bird -- is implicit rather than stated), object simply left the crew's sensor range rather than demonstrating any described maneuver.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One aircrew (124th Attack Squadron)
- Sensors
- FMV (type redacted)
- Motion
- Straight flight path at constant altitude, described as 'faster than flying speed'
- Duration
- Not quantified
- Altitude or range
- Not stated
- Effects
- None (NO)
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D075, Mission Report, Gulf of Aden, July 2024
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
A UAP maintained a straight flight path at constant altitude and was described by the observer as having a speed 'faster than flying speed'; the crew assessed it as benign.
On the map
12.00° N, 48.00° E, a position at sea, approximate
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