Four UAP pass beneath an ISR aircraft (MISREP 8799515, war.gov "Arabian Gulf, 2020")
A heavily redacted Air Forces Central (AFCENT) mission report records that four UAP were seen beneath a U.S. aircraft at about 1736Z, one at 17:36:22, two side by side at 17:36:30 and one at 17:36:49. Cloud kept the crew from following them or getting a clear look. Almost every other field, including the date, unit, aircraft, location and the objects' physical state, is redacted. The report offers no explanation. The war.gov title dates it to 2020, but the form's own declassification date (3 June 2048) follows the 25-year pattern seen on other CENTCOM reports in this release, which would point to June 2023. This is an inference only; the file does not give the mission date. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. Each mission report was read from the original PDF served by the ufotransparency.com mirror. Quotations come from the PDF text layer and were checked against the page images where the scan is poor. Redactions are shown as [redacted]. Field names such as "Observer Assessment of UAP" are the form's own labels.*
How plausible · Moderate
A redacted mission report records four UAP passing beneath an aircraft within 30 seconds.
- ●●Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
- ●●No gain sought An official reporting form.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
- ●○Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
- ●○Character record An official report; crew names withheld.
- ●○Fits the documented skeleton Part of the documented Range Fouler and PURSUE record.
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
- "AT APPROX 1736Z 4 UAP WERE OBSERVED BENEATH" (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 7)
- "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." (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 7)
- "4X UAP OBSERVED FLYING IN" (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 7) [redacted] FOV. "CLOUD COVERAGE OBSTRUCTED" (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 7) [redacted] FROM FOLLOWING AND GETTING A CLEAR VISUAL. (UAP Description field)
- Report header: "Misrep 8799515"; Major Command "AFCENT"; declassification date field "20480603". Operation, unit, callsign, aircraft type, times and locations are redacted under (b)(1)1.4a. (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 1)
- "UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO" (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 6)
- The weather field still carries the unfilled template text "WEATHER WAS (NOT) A FACTOR (EXPLAIN WHY IF IT WAS)". (DOW-UAP-D3, p. 4)