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DOW-UAP-D109
Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
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- Agency
- Department of War
- Incident date
- 2022As the catalogue writes it: “2022”
- Place
- Iraq · Middle EastAs the catalogue writes it: “Iraq” · “Middle East”See the area on the globe →
- Published in PURSUE
- Sep 18, 2026
- Records
- 3 records · Document + Video
- Redactions
- Redacted passages in 3 of 3 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 the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (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. This mission report accompanies video footage derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR140 and DOW-UAP-PR141).
A U.S. military operator reported observing UAP, describing it as consisting of “six small spherical objects grouped together. They characterized the behavior of the UAP as “seem[ingle] agile,” and “frequently changing direction.” The reporter estimated the speed of the UAP to have been 480 miles per hour.
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 · 3
DOW-UAP-D109 · Document · Department of War · Sep 18, 2026 · Main record
Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
2022 · Iraq
DOW-UAP-PR140 · Video · Department of War · Sep 18, 2026
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2022
Official description
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 1 minute and 47 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DOW-UAP-D109, described the UAP as “traveling at various speeds between 80-180 miles per hour.”
Video Description:
00:00-00:05: No content.
00:06-00:08: An area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, entering from the top of the frame and exiting from the bottom.
00:09-00:15: No content.
00:16-00:26: The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally centered within the frame.
00:27-00:31: The sensor switches to electro-optical mode, and the object moves out of the sensor field-of-view from the left edge of the frame.
00:32-00:45: The sensor switches to infrared mode and pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.
00:46-01:10: The sensor switches to electro-optical mode and pans to track the area of contrast. 01:11-01:12: No content.
01:13-01:42: The sensor switches to infrared mode and pans to track the area of contrast.
01:43-01:47: The sensor switches to electro-optical mode and pans to track the area of contrast.
This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
DOW-UAP-PR141 · Video · Department of War · Sep 18, 2026
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2022
2022 · Middle East
Official description
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 2 minutes and 36 seconds of video footage from an electro-optical (right) and infrared (left) sensor aboard a
U.S. military platform in 2022. An accompanying mission report, DOW-UAP-D109, described the UAP as “traveling at various speeds between 80-180 miles per hour.”
Video Description:
00:00-00:12: An area of contract enters the sensor field-of-view from the lower right of the frame. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame.
00:13-00:14: The sensor switches modes to display an infrared (left) and electro-optical (right) feed.
00:15-00:18: The object enters the frame from the lower right, transiting the sensor field-of-view and exiting from the upper left.
00:19-00:20: The sensor switches to infrared mode, panning to track an area of contrast.
00:21-00:27: The sensor switches modes to display an infrared (left) and electro-optical (right) feed.
00:28-00:52: The sensor switches to infrared mode, panning to track an area of contrast. 00:52-00:57: A second area of contrast briefly enters the sensor field-of-view.
00:58-01:16: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast.
01:17-01:21: The sensor switches modes to display an infrared (left) and electro-optical (right) feed. The sensor pans to track the object. The object leaves the sensor field-of-view from the left edge of the frame.
01:22-01:27: No content.
01:28-01:31: The sensor switches to infrared mode. No content.
01:32-02:36: The area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the lower left of the frame. The sensor pans to track the area of contrast, intermittently losing contact with it.
This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
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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