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DOW-UAP-D006, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

This seven-page 2020 Arabian Gulf mission report contains one brief substantive event statement and six pages of redaction markers. The archive retains the searchable record while limiting interpretation to the surviving text. This page keeps the official artifact, searchable text where recoverable, and its evidence limitation together without introducing unsupported claims.

File
Document · Release 01
Location
Pacific Ocean
Extent
7 pages
Agency
Department of War

Probed Assessment

This record is metadata-only because the released file does not provide enough file-level evidence for a grounded assessment. Official metadata and provenance remain available.

Official Description from War.gov

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 UAP. 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.

Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.

File Context

Related entities

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Research Map relationships require row-level claim or timeline references.

Tracker findings

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Observed 1X probable UAP in vicinity of 3SKT4255899519 with no mission impact

The released document states that observed 1X probable UAP in vicinity of 3SKT4255899519 with no mission impact.

Arabian Gulf mission report says probable UAP had no mission impact

The OCR page states that one probable UAP was observed at 1246Z and that the mission continued original tasking with no mission impact.

Release provenance

Release
Release 01
Official ID
release-01-file-036-dow-uap-d006-mission-report-arabian-gulf-2020
Cleared
May 8, 2026
Official release source

Referenced Timeline

  1. Page 7

    UAP Observation

    Observed 1X probable UAP in vicinity of 3SKT4255899519.

Source Claims

Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.

Source reportedObservedPage 7

Observed 1X probable UAP in vicinity of 3SKT4255899519 with no mission impact.

OBSERVED 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519. NO MISSION IMPACT, CONTINUED ORIGINAL TASKING.

Source Material & Evidence

document

Mission Report DOW-UAP-D6

RELEASE-01-FILE-068-DOW-UAP-D6-MISSION-REPORT-ARABIAN-GULF-2020