DOW-UAP-D060

Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020

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. A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP. The report describes the UAP as “transiting” and notes it had “no impact to mission.” The report also states that “dense cloud coverage intermittently impacted FMV collection.” 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.

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AI summary

The DOW-UAP-D060 Mission Report details the observation of a Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP) by a U.S. military operator in the Arabian Gulf on August 8, 2020. The report includes qualitative insights into the circumstances of the sighting, noting that the UAP was observed transiting but did not impact the mission, although dense cloud coverage affected video collection.