DOW-UAP-D051 is an email exchange dated March 2023 (with an incident date listed as 3/23/26, likely a formatting error), originating from the Department of War and involving personnel at Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) headquarters and the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. The correspondence centers on a classification review request for an Intelligence Information Report (IIR) summarizing a civilian sighting of a large, blue, featureless triangular object observed at night near a national security facility in the Pacific Time Zone. The observer reported the object hovering for roughly three minutes, then moving in a jerking, non-smooth manner, with the total sighting lasting approximately eight minutes.
The document is notable because it shows the bureaucratic process by which a classified IIR summary was downgraded to UNCLASSIFIED for use in a derivative product, with AFOSI ultimately approving a derivative classification review rather than a full declassification. Several names are redacted under exemption (b)(6), and the underlying IIR itself is referenced but not fully reproduced here. The original IIR carried a SECRET//NOFORN classification. No altitude or speed data were recorded, and the reporter's inability to identify propulsion or control mechanisms is explicitly noted but not analytically assessed.
Redactions present in this record. Black bars protect identities of eyewitnesses, locations of facilities, or non-UAP-related sensitive material.