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DOW-UAP-D27, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023

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DOW-UAP-D27 is a Mission Report (MISREP) filed under Operation ENDURING SENTINEL by the 3rd Special Operations Squadron (3 SOS), 27th Special Operations Wing, assigned to AFSOC/USCENTCOM. The incident occurred on June 7, 2024, during the return-to-base leg of a 10-hour ISR mission that departed and recovered at Al Minhad Air Base (OMAM), UAE. At 0457Z, the aircrew, flying at approximately 24,000 feet MSL and 163 knots, detected a single UAP while transiting over the Gulf of Oman. The object was described in the GENTEXT as a glowing, hot, spherical object with a vertical cylindrical pole or bar attached to its underside, moving at approximately 140 knots just above the water, with a possible reflection observed on the water's surface. The observer assessed it as benign, reported no response to observation, and noted no effects on personnel or equipment.

The report is notable for its specific physical description — a luminous sphere with a rigid vertical appendage — which is atypical among standard UAP reports. The aircraft type, tail number, callsign, and precise MGRS coordinates are withheld under b(1)1.4a and 1.4g exemptions. UAP signatures, payload, and anomalous characteristics fields are blank or redacted. The discrepancy between the observer-reported speed of 140 knots and the friendly aircraft speed of 163 knots listed in the same section warrants attention for analysts cross-referencing kinematic data. The report was approved for release to AARO and declassified by USCENTCOM in October 2025.

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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 one UAP at an estimated altitude of approximately 24,000 feet. The observer estimated the UAP’s speed as 163 knots (187 mph). 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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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 Misrep undefined-10055709 Narrative (СЕОРЕТІНОГОРА) AT 2100Z, (b) (1)1.4a FRAGGED TASKING. TOOK OFF FROM OMAM VIA SLR. (01)1.4ª PROCEEDED TO AT 1822Z, (b)(1)1.4a WAS 7-LINED. ((1)1.4a DID NOT ARRIVE ON-STATION DUE TO WX RTB (SEE ON/OFF STATION 1). AT 2256Z, (0(1)1.4a CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 1). AT 0444Z, (bX1)1.4a CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 2). AT 0457Z, DURING RTB (bX1)14a DETECTED 1X UAP (SEE UAP 1). AT 0405Z, (oT)14a RETURNED TO BASE. AT 0713Z, (b(1)14a CONDUCTED SLR AND LANDED AT OMAM. 10:13 MISSION HOURS. C/DELIDO) Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: encom • Associated Caveats: MOTOR • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20490606 OPERATION • Operation: ENDURING SENTINEL • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 001

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFSOC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 3 SOS • Submit Date: MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): DK • Mission Type: ISR • ATO Mission Number: [(b)(1)1.4a] • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poc POC • Rank: SrA • Fulbisa, InCIA Exemptions (b) (3), 130b, (b)(6) • Unit: Unavailable • Wing: 27 SOW • Phone Numbe FOlA Exemption (b) (6) • Email: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC QC • Rank: A1C • Fuls. ba RotA Exemptions (b) (3), 130b, (b)(6) • Unit: 56 SOIS • Wing: 27 SOW • Phone Numbe FdIA Exemption (b)(6) • Email: [ 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 AOC Det 1 APPROVER 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 002

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • Rank: SrA • Ful.$James Exemptions (b) (3), 130b, (b)(6) • Unit: Unavailable • Wing: 379 AEW • Phone Numbe 56, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) • Email: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST • Rank: • Full Name: • Unit: • Wing: • Phone Number: • Email: • Service: • Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: • 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: • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 003

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • Num Towed Decoys: • 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 Won to Include Num of Each: • TGT Pod Name or Designator: AN/DAS-1 • Additional Avionics: AH/GMESH/SF • Data Link: LINK 16 • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • Number of Aircraft: 1 • Asset Type (Aircra() * )1.4a, (b)(1) 1.4g • Aircraft Tail Number) ($)r.4a, (b) (1)1.4g • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OMAM • Takeoff Time DTG: 062100:00ZJUN24 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): 34563 • Gentext/Additional Details: • Mission Canceled: Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OMAM • Last Land Time: 070713:00ZJUN24 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 070723:00ZJUN24 • Total Mission Time: 10 hours 13 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: On Station • Time On Station DTG: • Callsign: (b)(1)1.4a • JTAR Number: - • Killbox (Location): - • Mission Type: ISR 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 004

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison! USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • JTAC Callsign: ITC • Gentext/Additional Details: ( AT 1822Z, (b(1)1.4a WAS 7-LINED. DID NOT ARRIVE ON-STATION DUE TO WX RTB AT 0405Z. • Did not Arrive On Station: On Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: • Total Time On Station: • Gentext/Additional Details: NIB • Earliest Time Intelligence of Value: 062256:00ZJUN24 • Latest Time Intelligence of Value: 062330:00ZJUN24 • NIB ID: - • ISR Support or Effect: FMV • Target Name: (b)(1)1.4a • Location of Interest (LOI): - • Location (MGRS): 40RGM86((1) 1.4l)(1)1.4a • Requested Classification of Reports: &BORST! TO USA, 7W21 • Dissemination POCs or Common File: - • EEIs: A. BEGIN SCANS AT 75NM WEST, NORTH, AND EAST OF SP FOR DHOWS TRANSITING IN THE DIRECTION OF SP B. PROVIDE SITREP WITH FLAG STATUS, FLAG, OR NO FLAG VISIBLE AND COUNTRY OF FLAG (IF POSSIBLE), COORDINATES AND OBSERVED ACTIVITY. C. CALL OUT ANY IDENTIFIABLE EQUIPMENT, COMMS EQUIPMENT, PERSONS WEAPONS, CARGO ON BOARD TO INCLUDE CANCAS COVERED ITEMS GENTEXT/NIB • Gentext: (63 UPON ARRIVAL TO SP AT 2256Z, (o 1)1.4a OBSERVED NO PERSONNEL OR VEHICLE ACTIVITY. BETWEEN 2257Z-2330Z, (5)(1)1.4a CONDUCTED SCANS IVO THE SP AND PROVIDED CALLS ON ANY DHOW ACTIVITY. ITC INTENT MET. UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 070457:00ZJUN24 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 005

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DEENEITROON Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • UAP Event Type: UAP Incident • UAP Maneuver ability Observations: FLYING STRAIGHT JUST OVER THE WATER AT SPEED OF 140KNOTS • UAP Response to Observer Actions: NO CHANGE • MDS Type / Asset T gp(e) 1.4a, (b)(1) 1.4g • Tail Numb®(1)1.4a, (b)(1) 1.4g • Friendly Aircraft Location: 40FM(i (1) 144(1) 1.4a • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 23,999FT • Friendly Aircraft Trajectory: 294 • Observer Assessment of UAP: Benign • Friendly Aircraft Speed: 163 KNOTS • Observation Interrogation of UAP (yes/no; if yes list sensors) and returns):: NO • Third-party Observers and/or Reporters: - • Friendly Aircraft State: • Training Range (If applicable): N/A • Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: Solid • Number of UAP Sighted: • UAP Propulsion Means: UNKNOWN • 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: 060457ZJUN2024-CENTCOM • UAP Effects on Persons: NO • UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Effects on Equipment: - • Full Naraec, FOIA Exemptions (b) (3), 130b, (b)(6) • Rank/Grade: E-4 • Email: 1 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) ] • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE)FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Observer Engagement of UAP (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • First Coordinate: 40RFM@@ (1) 1.48)(1)1.4a • First Seen Radius: • Last Accuracy: Estimated • Last Coordinate: 40QFM9® (1)1.46)(1) 1.4a • Last Seen Radius: 5 • Kinetic Altitude Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Altitude: - • Kinetic Depth Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Depth: - 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 006

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison! USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 • Kinetic Velocity Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Velocity: 140 KNOTS • Kinetic Trajectory Accuracy: Estimated • Kinetic Trajectory: - • UAP Date of DoD Acquisition: 070457:00ZJUN24 • UAP Reaction to Observation, Interrogation, Engagement (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO • UAP Anomalous Characteristics/ Behaviors: • First Accuracy: Precise • Call Sign: (b) (1)1.4a • UAP First Seen Location: • UAP Last Seen Location: • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajector y (indicate estimated or measured): GENTEXT/UAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): DECRETITORORN) GLOWING HOT SPHERICAL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WITH A VERTICAL UNWAVERING CYLINDRICAL POLE/BAR ATTACHED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE OBJECT POSS REFLECTION FROM THE OBJECT IN THE WATER, MOVING AT 140KNOTS • Gentext (UAP Event Description): DURING RTB AT 0457Z, (*X11.4a OBSERVED 1X UAP WHILE TRANSITING OVER 40RFMQ0(1)1.43)(1)1. FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 23,999FT MSL AND SPEED OF 163KTS. NIB • Earliest Time Intelligence of Value: 070444:00ZJUN24 • Latest Time Intelligence of Value: 070548:00ZJUN24 • NIB ID: - • ISR Support or Effect: FMV • Target Name: (b) (1)1.4a • Location of Interest (LOI): - • Location (MGRS): 40RFM63(1) 1.43)(1)1.4a • Requested Classification of Reports: €5e NORSE TO SOn, PNE • Dissemination POCs or Common File: - • EEIs: A. BEGIN SCANS AT 75NM WEST, NORTH, AND EAST OF SP FOR DHOWS TRANSITING IN THE DIRECTION OF SP B. PROVIDE SITREP WITH FLAG STATUS, FLAG, OR NO FLAG VISIBLE AND COUNTRY OF FLAG (IF POSSIBLE), COORDINATES AND OBSERVED ACTIVITY. C. CALL OUT ANY IDENTIFIABLE EQUIPMENT, COMMS EQUIPMENT, PERSONS WEAPONS, CARGO ON BOARD TO INCLUDE CANCAS COVERED ITEMS 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 007

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 24 October 2025 GENTEXT/NIB UPON ARRIVAL TO SP AT 0444Z, (bX()1.4a OBSERVED NO PERSONNEL OR VEHICLE ACTIVITY. BETWEEN 0445Z-0548Z, (b)(1) 14ª CONDUCTED SCANS IVO THE SP AND PROVIDED CALLS ON ANY DHOW ACTIVITY. ITC INTENT MET. (CEORETIREL DO USA, EVEN) 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b) (6) USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S Approved for Release to AARO 10/28/25 008

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