Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
- Date
- 24 Oct 2023
- Place
- United Arab Emirates / Arabian Gulf (39R grid, NAVCENT AOR, OP Spartan Shield)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Four minutes 57 seconds of infrared video, the second of two UAP contacts on the same NAVCENT-supporting sortie as PR026 (mission report DOW-UAP-D023), logged 41 minutes after the first contact. Structured fields again record the object as solid and benign, with an estimated 440 mph kinetic velocity; the video description notes the sensor repeatedly loses and reacquires the object due to its own motion, i.e. tracking-system behavior rather than necessarily the object's.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
Same structured-form pattern as PR026: benign, solid, no intelligent control, no advanced capabilities, no explanation of identity offered.
- 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 infrared sensor, estimated (not measured) kinematics, no corroborating sensor, and the video's own description attributes apparent erratic motion to sensor panning rather than confirmed object behavior.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One USAF ISR aircrew (50 ATKS), unnamed, redacted
- Sensors
- FMV/infrared (single sensor)
- Motion
- Estimated kinetic velocity 440 MPH, trajectory unknown
- Duration
- 4 min 57 sec released
- Altitude or range
- Aircraft at FL243, 162 KTAS
- Effects
- UAP Effects on Persons: NO
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR027, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
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What the file claims
- Unverified
The second contact's estimated kinetic velocity (440 mph) is higher than the first (320 mph) despite both being logged 'Estimated' rather than measured, on the same sortie 41 minutes apart.
- Unverified
The video description attributes the repeated loss and reacquisition of the tracked object to the sensor's own erratic motion, not necessarily to the object's behavior.
On the map
26.00° N, 52.00° E, a position at sea, approximate
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