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2024 · Entered opposite Chervonohrad, faded near Tyszowce, Lublin province, Poland

Poland's radar object that was never found

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Strength C · 5/10 · 1 independent
Evidence 1/4 · Witnesses 1/3 · Backing 3/3

Military radar tracked it, a ten-day search found nothing, and the analysis is classified NATO CONFIDENTIAL.

Plausibility Very high
Score 15 · 8 factors for, 0 against

Polish military radar tracked an object for tens of minutes; a ten-day search found nothing and the analysis is classified NATO CONFIDENTIAL.

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Unidentified
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Primary document: reply of Secretary of State Paweł Bejda (Ministry of National Defence), BMON-WP.053.622.2024, 7 Oct 2024, to Sejm interpellation 5052: the point search is over; DORSZ ran a retrospective analysis of the radar signals of 26 Aug 2024 and 'Protokół z analizy zdarzenia jest objęty klauzulą NATO CONFIDENTIAL'. · Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej, via Sejm RP
When26 August 2024, from 06:43
WhereEntered opposite Chervonohrad, faded near Tyszowce, Lublin province, Poland
Backing1 independent
Evidenceofficial records

On the morning of 26 August 2024, during a massive Russian strike on Ukraine, Polish military radar tracked an object into Lublin province for tens of minutes until it faded. Hundreds of soldiers and police searched about 200 km² for ten days and found nothing. The defence ministry told parliament the radar analysis is classified NATO CONFIDENTIAL.

Evidence, in date order (1)

  1. Sept 2024Polish Armed Forces Operational Commandofficial
    hundreds searched about 200 km² for 10 days and found nothing; a commission found no airspace violation

How plausible · Very high

Polish military radar tracked an object for tens of minutes; a ten-day search found nothing and the analysis is classified NATO CONFIDENTIAL.

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    Access Military radar.
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    No gain sought Official statements.
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    Restraint "Probably a UAV."
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    Character record A general and a deputy minister.
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    Checkable details check out Sejm interpellation reply.
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    Fits secrecy practice Analysis classified NATO CONFIDENTIAL.

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.

Claims

The object was 'probably a UAV', tracked for tens of minutes during a massive Russian strike on Ukraine.Ukraine's armed forces UAP procedurefirsthandSourced, unconfirmedGen. Maciej Klisz, Operational Command (DORSZ)
The Command 'dokonało analizy wstecznej sygnałów radarowych… Protokół z analizy zdarzenia jest objęty klauzulą NATO CONFIDENTIAL'.firsthandOn the recordDeputy Defence Minister Paweł Bejda, reply to Sejm interpellation 5052 (7 Oct 2024)

Where

Entered opposite Chervonohrad, faded near Tyszowce, Lublin province, Poland
50.6°N 23.9°E

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