Three separate UAP observations on one ISR mission over the Persian Gulf (16 July 2020)
This mission report covers a 21-hour-17-minute ISR flight that took off from OKAS at 0443Z on 16 July 2020. It logs three separate observations, each listed only as "UAP" on full-motion video, with "weather was not a factor". The first was at 1830Z, with the aircraft at FL200 and 98 knots. The second was at 1920Z, at FL190 and 90 knots, in grid 39R UN. The third was at 2345Z, at FL191 and 115 knots. The gentext of the third gives an unredacted 10-digit grid, 39RUN6234236874, although the same field is redacted elsewhere. None of the observations includes a description. *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].*
Evidence, in date order (2)
- 16 Jul 2020ISR mission (unit not given) mission report (Department of War)documentofficial report DOW-UAP-D65 logging the UAP DOW-UAP-D65 original file, via mirror
- 16 Jul 2020Full-motion video sensorsensor dataeach of the three observations logged on FMV DOW-UAP-D65 original file, via mirror
How plausible · High
A mission report logs three UAP on full-motion video on one sortie.
- ●●Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
- ●●No gain sought An official reporting form.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Sensor track with video confirmed.
- ●○Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
- ●○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
- "AT 1830Z, [redacted] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 9RVM5[redacted]" (DOW-UAP-D65, p. 6; read from the page image); observation DTG 161830:00ZJUL20; aircraft location 39RXK[redacted], heading 152 M, FL 200, 98 KIAS; "Observed Activity Description: UAP"; method FMV.
- "AT 1920Z, [redacted] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 39RUN7[redacted]" (DOW-UAP-D65, p. 6; read from the page image); heading 34 M, FL 190, 90 KIAS; FMV.
- "AT 2345Z [redacted] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 39RUN6234236874" (DOW-UAP-D65, p. 7; read from the page image); heading 331 M, FL 191, 115 KIAS; FMV.
- "WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR" (DOW-UAP-D65, p. 6; read from the page image)
- Takeoff 160443:00ZJUL20 from OKAS; landed 170200:00ZJUL20; total mission time 21 hours 17 minutes. Declassified 16 March 2026; release stamp "USCENTCOM MDR 26-0028 ... 03/16/26". (DOW-UAP-D65, p. 7, read from the page image)