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DOW-UAP-D003, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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DOW-UAP-D003 is a Secret-classified Mission Report (MISREP 8799515) submitted to AARO by a U.S. Air Force unit operating under AFCENT in the Arabian Gulf region in 2020. The report documents a UAP observation made during an airborne ISR mission. At approximately 1736Z, an operator observed four UAP beneath the aircraft's sensor field of view over a span of roughly 27 seconds: one UAP at 17:36:22, two UAP side by side at 17:36:30, and one additional UAP at 17:36:49 — a configuration the document's description characterizes as "a line of dots followed by a trailing dot." Cloud coverage partially obstructed the sensor's view throughout the event.

The report is notable for documenting a multi-object sighting with a sequential, structured appearance within a short time window, though all characterizations are explicitly flagged as the observer's subjective interpretation. Heavy redaction under exemptions b(1)1.4a and b(1)1.4c removes the operation name, aircraft type and tail number, callsign, sensor details, location coordinates, and most quantitative UAP data fields. The "UAP Advanced Capabilities" field is answered "NO," but most other analytical fields are blank or withheld. The declassification date is set for 2048.

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Redactions present in this record. Black bars protect identities of eyewitnesses, locations of facilities, or non-UAP-related sensitive material.

This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing a “line of dots followed by a trailing dot.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

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(b) (1)1.4a Misrep 8799515 Narrative (b) (1)1.4a (b) (1)1.4a, (b)(1)1.4c Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: (b) (1)1.4a • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): (b)(1)1.4a • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20480603 OPERATION • Operation: (b)(1)1.4a • Domain: 0701)143 • Operations Center: (b/11.4a • Major Command (MAJ COM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): (b)(1)1.4a MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): (b)(1)1.4a • Submit Date (Auto-generated): (b) (1)1.4a

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(6014a MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): (oy1)14a • Mission Type: (b)(1)1.4a • ATO Mission Number : (5X1)1-46 • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poc POC • Rank: 070710 • Full Name: (b) (6), (b(5) 10 U.5.0157305 • Unit: (3Te, LISTOUSC. • Wing: (715, 075) 10 05033 • Phone Number: (6) (6), (678) 10 U.5.075 1305 • Email o5, tyy Tu 05re7vsl • Service: Air Force • Operations Center : (oe) Dy67 uScK @mail.smil.mil QC • Rank: (515), 09 • Full Name: (b) (6), (078) 10 U.5.0751305 • Unit: (5) 16), (bX3) 10 U.,01 • Wing:| (0 0. ( D 3 100.0.0.013 • Phone Number: 1b) 6), (573) 10 U.5.0157305 • Email "), tyey T0 005160 • Service: Air Force • Operations Center : oYe), bye) ToUsSe, @mail.smil.mil APPROVER • Rank : byo), tyea • Full Name: 97e), t)10 0130731500 • Unit: 15) 16), 1078) 10 U53037305 • Wing: 170, 057 • Phone Number: (b) (6), (0(3) 10 U.5.0737305 • Email: (b) (6), (b)(3) 10 U.S.C.§130b smil.mil • Service: Air Force • Operations Center : b6, brsTous (b) (1)1.4a

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INGEST • Rank: • Full Name: • Unit: • Wing: • Phone Number: • Email: • Service: • Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • Radar Name or Destination: • Radar Software Load or Mission Data: • Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: • RWR Software Load or Mission Data: • MWS Name or Designator: • MWS Software Load or Mission Data: • IRCM Name or Designator: • IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: • ECM Name or Designator: • ECM Software Load or Mission Data: • CMD Name or Designator: • Chaff Designator: • Num Chaff or Cartridges: • Flare Designator: • Num Flares: • (b) (1)1.4a • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: • Num Radar-Guided AAM: • Type of IR-Guided AAM: • Num IR-Guided AAM: • Gun Name or Designator: • Num Gun Rounds: • Air-to-Ground Wn to Include Num of Each: (b) (1) 1.4a • TGT Pod Name or Designator: :u4а • Additional Avionics: '"(b)(1)1.4a (b) (1)1.4a

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• Data Link: • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff® • Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • Number of Aircraft: ° • Asset Type (Aircraft): • Aircraft Tail Number (s): (b)(1)1.4a • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code):° • Takeoff Time DTG: (b)(1)1.4a • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): • Gentext/Additional Details: (SECRET/REL TO USA, FVEY) WEATHER WAS (NOT) A FACTOR (EXPLAIN WHY IF IT WAS) • Mission Canceled: Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): (b)(1)1.4al • Last Land Time: (b)(1)1.4a • Last Engine Shutdown Time: (b)(1)1.4a • Total Mission Time: (b) (1)1.4a • Gentext/Additional Details: ISR • Time-on Station DTG: (b)(1)1.4a • Time-off Station DTG: (b)(1)1.4a • Aircraft Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • Msn Type: (b)(1)1.4a • Primary Sensor: (b) (1)1.4a • Sensors Available: (b)(1)1.4a • Tasking Type: (b)(1)1.4a • Tasking or Request Number (J TAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: (b) (1)1.4a • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEls Observed: • Number of EEIs: (b) (1)1.4a

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(bX1)1.4a • Global Campaign Plan: (b)(1)1.4a (b)(1)1.4a

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• Killbox (Location): • Mission Type: (b)(1)1.4a • JTAC Callsign: • Gentext/Additional Details: • Did not Arrive On Station: Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: (b)(1)1.4a • Total Time On Station: (b)(1)1.4a • Gentext/Additional Details: UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 0/0143 • UAP Event Type: (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Maneuver ability Observations: • UAP Response to Observer Actions: • MDS Type / Asset Type:™ • Tail Number: (b)(1)1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Location: • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: (b)(1)1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Trajectory: • Observer Assessment of UAP: • Friendly Aircraft Speed: (b)(1)1.4a • Observation Interrogation of UAP (yes/no; if yes list sensors) and returns):: • Third-party Observers and/or Reporters: • Friendly Aircraft State: • Training Range (If applicable): • Operational Range: • UAP First Seen Location: (b)(1)1.4a • UAP Last Seen Location *) 4a • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): • UAP Physical State: (by0)1.4a • Number of UAP Sighted: * • UAP Propulsion Means: • UAP Payload: • UAP Under Intelligent Control (yes/no; if yes, describe): • UAP Signatures: • UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP RF Frequency: • UAP RF Duration: • UAP Event Serial Number: - (b) (1)1.4a

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(b) (1)1.4a • UAP Effects on Persons: • UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe): • UAP Effects on Equipment: • Full Name: • Rank/Grade: • Email: • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, mar kings, recognizable features): 4X UAP OBSERVED FLYING IN p01.4a FOV. CLOUD COVERAGE OBSTRUCTED (X01.4a FROM FOLLOWING AND GETTING A CLEAR VISUAL. (SEE ISR 1). • Gentext (UAP Event Description): AT APPROX 1736Z 4 UAP WERE OBSERVED BENEATH (0X1)1.42 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:22, 2X UAP OBSERVED SIDE BY SIDE AT 17:36:30, AND 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:49.

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