A low UAP outpaces the ISR aircraft following it over the Gulf of Aden (14 July 2024)
This is a mission report (Misrep 10194673) from the 124th Attack Squadron (ACC). The squadron was flying ISR target development in support of NAVCENT over the Gulf of Aden. At 0517Z on 14 July 2024, the crew observed one UAP in grid 38P MT. The UAP block says it flew a straight path at the same altitude, low, heading northwest. The crew followed it until it was too far away to follow, and the form says the UAP's speed was faster than the aircraft's own (the aircraft is redacted). Its description is cut off after "UAP HAD", and the event narrative is fully redacted. It was assessed as benign. Intelligent control and capabilities were recorded as unknown. *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.*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 14 Jul 2024124th Attack Squadron mission report (Department of War)documentofficial report DOW-UAP-D75 logging the UAP DOW-UAP-D75 original file, via mirror
How plausible · Moderate
A mission report says a low UAP outpaced the aircraft following it.
- ●●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
- "[redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP AT 140517ZJUL24 IVO 38P MT 53" (DOW-UAP-D75, p. 1)
- "UAP Maneuverability Observations: STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH AT SAME ALTI" (DOW-UAP-D75, p. 7) (truncated in the original)
- "UAP Reaction to Observation, Interrogation, Engagement (yes/no; if yes, describe): [redacted] FOLLOWED THE UAP TILL THE DISTANCE BECAME TOO FAR TO FOLLOW" (DOW-UAP-D75, p. 8)
- "UAP Anomalous Characteristics/ Behaviors: UAP'S SPEED WAS FASTER THAN THE [redacted]" (DOW-UAP-D75, p. 8)
- "UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): UAP HAD" (DOW-UAP-D75, p. 8) (the rest is blank or redacted; the Gentext event description is redacted under 1.4a)
- UAP block: "Observer Assessment of UAP: Benign"; "UAP Under Intelligent Control ...: UNKNOWN"; "UAP Advanced Capabilities ...: UNKNOWN ABOUT ADVANCED CAPABILITIES AND/OR MATERIALS"; physical state and signatures redacted (1.4g); kinetic altitude "LOW"; kinetic trajectory "NW"; kinetic velocity redacted. (DOW-UAP-D75, pp. 7-8)