DOW-UAP-D028

Mission Report, Iraq, September 2024

Redacted government mission report document.

Official description

This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. While conducting a weapons calibration test, U.S. military operators reported observing a lens flare via MX-20 and MX-25 IR sensors after firing an AGM-176 Griffin air-to-surface missile. The operators described the source of the flare as a UAP moving through the aircraft’s sensor’s field-of-view at a high rate of speed. The reporter assessed that the flare was associated with “a significant heat source.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

Reproduced verbatim from the releasing agency.

AI summary

This file is a mission report from the U.S. Military detailing an incident that occurred during a weapons calibration test in Iraq on September 20, 2024. It includes observations of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) detected by infrared sensors, characterized by a significant heat source and described as a lens flare moving at high speed. The report emphasizes the subjective nature of the observations and their context within military operations.