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Middle East, 29 July 2025: AFSOC crew reports six small spheres changing direction "simultaneously"

On the record
Strength C · 6/10 · 1 independent
Evidence 4/4 · Witnesses 1/3 · Backing 1/3

A declassified AFSOC mission report and its released infrared video record the six agile spheres, though the observer is identified only by rank.

Plausibility High
Score 11 · 7 factors for, 0 against

A declassified AFSOC mission report and its infrared video record six agile spheres; a preprint proposes birds, while noting the altitude problem. (Revised 2026-10-23: a single proposed explanation is noted, not deducted.)

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Natural cause proposed, not demonstrated
Part ofThe mirror
When29 July 2025, 2022Z
WhereMiddle East (USCENTCOM; Operation Inherent Resolve; location redacted)
Backing1 independent
Evidencesensor data
war.gov video · file page ↗

A mission report from the 65th Special Operations Squadron (1st Special Operations Wing, AFSOC), DOW-UAP-D108, records "6X SMALL SPHERICAL OBJECTS GROUPED TOGETHER" at 2022Z on 29 July 2025. The objects "SEEMED TO BE AGILE, FREQUENTLY CHANGING DIRECTION" and were "ABLE TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS QUICKLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY". Estimated altitude was FL220 and estimated speed 480 mph, heading south-east while the aircraft flew north-west at 120 knots. The form says the objects "FOLLOWED OF OWN ACCORD" and showed no reaction to the observer. Weather was clear. The accompanying one-minute infrared video (DOW-UAP-PR135) shows several areas of contrast crossing the frame and then being tracked. No explanation is given. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. The mission-report PDFs were read directly from the originals via the ufotransparency.com mirror. The videos were not viewed; their content is taken from the official video descriptions as given on the mirror.*

Evidence, in date order (1)

  1. 29 Jul 2025U.S. military infrared sensor (DOW-UAP-PR135)sensor data
    one-minute video of several areas of contrast crossing and then tracked DOW-UAP-PR135 (war.gov), mirror page with official description

How plausible · High

A declassified AFSOC mission report and its infrared video record six agile spheres; a preprint proposes birds, while noting the altitude problem. (Revised 2026-10-23: a single proposed explanation is noted, not deducted.)

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    Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
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    No gain sought An official reporting form.
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    Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
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    Physical traces or official reaction Sensor track with video confirmed.
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    Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
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    Character record An official report; crew names withheld.

Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.

On the record

  • MISREP prod-dod-11604218; declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, 10 July 2026; original declassification date 20500729; Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. (DOW-UAP-D108, p.1)
  • Originator "65 SOS", wing "1 SOW", MAJCOM AFSOC, 609th operations center. (DOW-UAP-D108, p.2)
  • Narrative: took off 291734Z Jul 2025; "AT 292022:00ZJUL25 [redacted] OBSERVED AN UAP (SEE UAP 1)"; FMV collection; last engine shutdown 301426Z. (DOW-UAP-D108, p.1)
  • Weather: "CLEAR WX". (DOW-UAP-D108, p.5)
  • UAP block: initial contact 292022:32Z; "SEEMED TO BE AGILE, FREQUENTLY CHNAGING [sic] DIRECTION"; "UAP Response to Observer Actions: NONE"; friendly aircraft speed "120 KIAS"; friendly trajectory NW; observation interrogation "NO". (DOW-UAP-D108, p.6)
  • "UAP Physical State: Solid"; propulsion "UNKNOWN"; intelligent control "UNKNOWN"; advanced capabilities "NO"; effects on persons and equipment none; observer rank "SSGT/E5"; kinetic altitude "FL220" and velocity "48O [480] MPH", both "Estimated"; kinetic trajectory SE; reaction to observation "NONE. FOLLOWED OF OWN ACCORD UNTIL LIST. REPORTED AFTERWARDS"; anomalous behaviour "ABLE TO CHANGE DIRECTIONS QUICKLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY"; description "6X SMALL SPHERICAL OBJECTS GROUPED TOGETHER". The event narrative starting "WHILE TRANSITING TO ..." is mostly redacted. (DOW-UAP-D108, p.7)

Claims

Six small spheres, grouped, agile, changing direction quickly and simultaneously.firsthandSourced, unconfirmedan unnamed SSgt (E-5) crew member (anonymous), on the MISREP.
Altitude FL220 and speed 480 mph.analysisSourced, unconfirmedsame reporter, marked "Estimated"; the method is not given.
The six objects flicker at 7.1-7.9 Hz, matching bird wingbeats; the 480 mph reads as near-stationary objects at 60-80% of the aircraft's height. (analysis; Haqq-Misra, Kopparapu, Cloete, Eldadi, Shermer and Loeb, arXiv:2610.08692)analysisSourced, unconfirmedSix objects at 480 mph in a PURSUE infrared video flicker at bird wingbeat rates (arXiv:2610.08692)
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