DOW-UAP-D109, Mission Report, Middle East, 2022
This May 2022 mission report records an FMV observation described by the reporting unit as UAP activity during an Operation Inherent Resolve mission. It reports estimated speed and size, says altitude could not be determined, and notes that dust storms affected some collection.
- File
- Document · Release 06
- Date
- 2022-05-05
- Location
- Iraq
- Extent
- 6 pages
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Probed Assessment
The report preserves an FMV observation and its stated limitations, including undetermined altitude and affected collection conditions.
Key takeaways
- The official mission report is the primary source for the report fields and narrative.
- Reported observations and estimates are retained as reported, without treating them as an identification or validated performance measurement.
Why it matters
This record makes the source report and its explicit uncertainty available for comparison with related released material.
Corroboration
The report is source-checked page by page. Its entries describe the reporting unit’s account and do not independently resolve the reported phenomenon.
Open questions
- • Whether separately released sensor material or supporting records provide additional context beyond the mission report.
Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.
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 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.
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File Context
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Tracker findings
Dust storms affected collection
The report identifies dust storms as affecting collection during part of the observation. That limitation matters when reading its separate speed and size estimates.
The source PDF differs from its catalogue summary
The released PDF records 80–180 mph and an estimated one-to-two-meter size with altitude undetermined. The official catalogue paragraph instead repeats six spherical objects and 480 mph; Probed follows the PDF and flags the mismatch rather than merging those accounts.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 06
- Official ID
- release-06-file-017-dow-uap-d109-mission-report-middle-east-2022
- Cleared
- Sep 18, 2026
Referenced Timeline
Reported observation
The observation section records an observation date-time group of 050524:00ZMAY22.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The report identifies the mission as an Operation Inherent Resolve air-domain MISREP.
Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE
The mission form lists AFCENT and United States Central Command as its major and combatant commands.
Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM
The report says dust storms affected some collection on the reported UAPs between 0524Z and 0704Z.
DUE TO DUST STORMS SOME COLLECTION ON UAPS WAS AFFECTED BETWEEN 0524Z AND 0704Z.
The observation section records FMV as the method of observation and says UAPs were periodically observed while scanning points of interest.
Method of Observation: FMV … PERIODICALLY OBSERVED UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY
The reporting unit described speeds between 80 and 180 mph and an estimated size of one to two meters, while stating it could not determine altitude.
UAPs WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE UAPs WERE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS.
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