DOW-UAP-D052 is a two-page email exchange dated October 31, 2024, classified SECRET//NOFORN, involving a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician assigned to 15th Air Force, Detachment 1, and an Information Disclosure Analyst. The correspondence concerns an unclassified tear line summarizing a mission report in which U.S. aircraft observed a possible UAP described as oval or orb-shaped, apparently moving at low speed, with observation lasting over two hours. The location is not specified. The exchange centers on a request to include the year of the incident in the unclassified portion of the report, which had previously been approved only for month and day disclosure.
The document is notable primarily as an administrative record illustrating the release-approval process for UAP incident details rather than as a substantive intelligence report. Sender and recipient names are redacted under exemption b(6). No technical data, sensor information, or analytical conclusions are included. The unclassified tear line contains the only descriptive content about the observed object. The two-hour observation window is the most operationally significant detail present in the available text.
Redactions present in this record. Black bars protect identities of eyewitnesses, locations of facilities, or non-UAP-related sensitive material.