PURSUE archive · catalogue card
DOW-UAP-D061
Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020
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- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- Aug 27, 2020As the catalogue writes it: “8/27/20”
- Place
- Arabian GulfAs the catalogue writes it: “Arabian Gulf”See the area on the globe →
- Published in PURSUE
- May 8, 2026
- Records
- 1 record · Document
- Redactions
- Redacted passages in 1 of 1 records
01 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 a “formation of unknown flying objects” traveling northeast to northwest along the coast for approximately two minutes. The report notes that light cloud coverage “prevented the continuous tracking of the formation.”
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.
02 Catalogue records · 1
DOW-UAP-D061 · Document · Department of War · May 8, 2026
Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, August 2020
8/27/20 · Arabian Gulf
03 Related cases
Other catalogue cards from the same area or the same decade.
04 Sources
- [1]
Record · U.S. Department of War
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
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