One "probable UAP", no mission impact (war.gov "Arabian Gulf, 2020")
Six of the seven pages of this mission report are blacked out. The one released line says that at 1246Z an operator saw one probable UAP at grid "3SKT4255899519", that there was no mission impact, and that the crew carried on with its tasking. The grid reference lacks a digit in its zone number, so the location cannot be worked out. war.gov titles the file "Arabian Gulf, 2020"; the mirror lists "Pacific Ocean". No description of the object and no explanation are given. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. This mission report was read from the original PDF served by the ufotransparency.com mirror. Most of its pages are image-only or blacked out, so the quotations were read from the rendered page images. Redactions are shown as [redacted].*
How plausible · Moderate
One released line of a mission report records a probable UAP with no mission impact.
- ●●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 1246Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519. NO MISSION IMPACT, [redacted] CONTINUED ORIGINAL TASKING." (DOW-UAP-D6, p. 7; read from the page image)
- The entry is marked (S//REL); every other field on page 7, and pages 1-6, is redacted under 1.4(a). (DOW-UAP-D6, p. 7; read from the page image)