Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022

Date: 1 Dec 2022
Place: Iraq (38S grid near Baghdad)
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

Ten seconds of infrared video from a 482 ATKS ISR sortie supporting operations near Baghdad, paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D018. The MISREP's UAP entry records a single possible UAP/UAV flying west to east that the aircrew did not follow; no signatures, effects, or further detail recorded, and no explanation offered.

What officials concluded

No conclusion stated

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

Witnesses482 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 infrared sensor, brief single pass, no altitude/speed/shape data beyond direction of travel, aircrew itself categorized it as a possible UAV (a conventional-technology candidate) and did not investigate further.

As described in the file

Witnesses: One USAF ISR aircrew (482 ATKS), unnamed, redacted
Sensors: FMV/infrared (single sensor)
Motion: Flying west to east
Duration: Brief, single pass; 10 seconds released
Altitude or range: Aircraft at FL180
Effects: UAP Effects on Persons: none reported; UAP Signatures: No

Pentagon files

VideoDOW-UAP-PR023Release 1
DOW-UAP-PR023, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022
Open the original on war.gov

What the file claims

Unverified
The aircrew logged the object as a possible UAP/UAV, did not pursue it, and reported no further events.

On the map

33.31° N, 44.37° E, plotted at the town or city

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