Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
- Date
- 29 Oct 2023
- Place
- Greece (35S grid, over ocean water, AFSOC platform out of Larissa)
- Record
- Pentagon file
- Assessment
- Not assessed
- Evidence strength
What was reported
Twenty-four seconds of infrared video, paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D035, from a different sortie than PR034 out of the same base two days later. The MISREP describes a small, seemingly circular object flying just above the ocean surface toward land at an estimated 30 mph before being lost as the background transitioned from water to land.
What officials concluded
Unresolved
Aircrew's structured fields record it as solid, benign, propulsion means and signatures unknown; lost against background transition, no identification 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
- Yes: 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, small unresolved shape, low estimated speed (30 mph, within bird/small-craft range), lost due to a background contrast transition rather than any described anomalous performance.
As described in the file
- Witnesses
- One AFSOC aircrew (33 SOS), unnamed, redacted
- Sensors
- FMV/infrared (single sensor)
- Shape
- Seemingly circular, too small to make out details
- Size
- Small (unresolved)
- Motion
- Estimated 30 mph, flying toward land
- Duration
- 24 seconds released
- Altitude or range
- Just above ocean surface
- Effects
- UAP Effects on Persons: NO; UAP Effects on Equipment: NONE
Pentagon files
DOW-UAP-PR035, Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
Open the original on war.gov
What the file claims
- Unverified
The object flew just above the ocean surface toward land at an estimated 30 mph before the aircrew lost it.
- Unverified
The video description notes the tracked area of contrast becomes indistinguishable as the background scene transitions from water to land, i.e. a background-contrast failure rather than a confirmed disappearance.
On the map
36.50° N, 26.50° E, a position at sea, approximate
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