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Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020

LocationArabian Gulf
Date / 日期August 8, 2020
TypeDocument
CredibilityOfficial
Disclosure batchPURSUE-1

Summary

A U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) noting the observation of one UAP over the Arabian Gulf. The object was described as transiting with no impact to the mission, and dense cloud cover intermittently affected full-motion video collection.

Detail

This Mission Report (MISREP) is a standardized U.S. military form used to record the circumstances of operations and is frequently used to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. Its general text (GENTEXT) section typically holds the qualitative context that complements the numerical data elsewhere in the report.

A U.S. military operator reported observing a single UAP over the Arabian Gulf, describing it as transiting and noting that it had no impact on the mission. The report adds that dense cloud coverage intermittently affected full-motion video collection. The descriptive language reflects the operator's subjective interpretation at the time and is not a conclusive statement about the object's characteristics. The record was released by the Department of War through the PURSUE declassification.

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