Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
- Date
- 5 May 2022
- Place
- Iraq
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
A heavily redacted U.S. Air Force Mission Report under Operation Inherent Resolve, dated 5 May 2022, recording 'PROB[ABLE] UAPS' traveling southwest at roughly 80-180 mph during a target-development sortie; a weather note states dust storms affected UAP collection between 0524Z and 0704Z. The GENTEXT wording describing the UAPs' speed range, size and lack of mission impact is nearly identical to DOW-UAP-D106, also dated 5 May 2022, suggesting the two reports may describe related or the same underlying activity from different missions.
What officials concluded
No conclusion stated
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
- Yes: 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, brief description, no shape or altitude data, and the report itself flags degraded collection conditions (dust storms) during the observation window, which weakens confidence in the sensor data quality.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- Aircrew/sensor operator (name/unit redacted)
- Sensors
- Infrared/FMV sensor (single platform)
- Size
- Approximately 1-2 meters
- Motion
- 80-180 mph, traveling southwest
- Duration
- Observation window 0524Z-0704Z
- Altitude or range
- Altitude undetermined
- Effects
- Collection was affected by dust storms during part of the window
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-D109, Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
Open the original on war.govDOW-UAP-PR140, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2022
1 minute 47 seconds of combined EO/IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Middle East, paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D109 (shared with PR141). The mission report describes UAPs 'flying sporadically,' 1-2 meters in size, traveling at various speeds between 80-180 MPH, observed 4-5 May 2022 during target-development tasking; UAPs 'did not hinder the mission.'
Open the original on dvidshub.netDOW-UAP-PR141, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2022
2 minutes 36 seconds of combined EO(right)/IR(left) split-screen video from the same 4-5 May 2022 Middle East sortie as PR140, sharing mission report DOW-UAP-D109. The video shows an object transiting the frame from lower right to upper left, then the sensor repeatedly losing and reacquiring an area of contrast.
Open the original on dvidshub.net
What the file claims
- Unverified
The report describes 'probable UAPs' traveling southwest at roughly 80-180 mph, periodically reacquired by the sensor after returning to the original point of interest.
- Unverified
The report notes dust storms affected UAP sensor collection for part of the observation window.
On the map
33.00° N, 44.00° E, plotted at the centre of the country
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