Department of War

Mission Report, Middle East, 2022

This is a 2022 USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP) from an Air Force ISR sortie under Operation Inherent Resolve. During target development it reports multiple unidentified objects seen on full-motion video, with estimated speed and size. Many fields are redacted.

Record: DOW-UAP-D109
Release: Release 06 · Sep 18, 2026
Incident: 2022 · Iraq
Pages: 6
Verdict: New
Source: war.gov ↗

Context · why this verdict

The narrative, ISR and observation pages describe a specific 5 May 2022 sighting and appear in no earlier release; only the blank form template on page 3 overlaps with DOW-UAP-D108, from the same release.

Findings in this document

2 findings

New SIG

ISR crew reports multiple UAPs, 1-2 m, 80-180 mph, on 5 May 2022 video

Verbatim
THE 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.
DOW-UAP-D109 · Release 06 · page 6 · war.gov ↗
Verbatim
THE UAPs DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION.
DOW-UAP-D109 · Release 06 · page 6 · war.gov ↗
Context
The observation ran from 0524Z to 0704Z on 5 May 2022 during a planned target-development sortie. The catalogue description cites 480 mph and six spheres, which differ from the 80-180 mph and 1-2 m figures in the report text.
Inference · AI interpretation
The gap between the catalogue description and the page text may reflect other material, such as the attached video, but the pages provided do not explain it.

New or already public? Overlap shows only the blank form template on page 3 matching D108; the narrative content is not matched in earlier releases.

New SIG

Dust storms reported to affect collection on UAPs between 0524Z and 0704Z

Verbatim
DUE TO DUST STORMS SOME COLLECTION ON UAPS WAS AFFECTED BETWEEN 0524Z AND 0704Z.
DOW-UAP-D109 · Release 06 · page 5 · war.gov ↗
Verbatim
WOULD REACQUIRE THE UAPs AFTER RETURNING THE SENSOR BACK TO THE ORIGIONAL POI LOCATIONS.
DOW-UAP-D109 · Release 06 · page 6 · war.gov ↗
Inference · AI interpretation
This suggests the sensor was repeatedly pulled away to other points of interest and the objects were intermittently observed.

New or already public? Not matched in earlier releases per the overlap list.

Page by page

The pages and what the AI read on them

The transcription is the page reader's: black bars mark what the government redacted; hatched tags mark personal data we removed.

Page 1 of 6 · 22 redactions

A page of a 2022 mission report (Misrep 7467030) under Operation Inherent Resolve, giving a narrative timeline of aircraft takeoff, handover, target development, and landing, plus an administrative block on classification and operation details. Many locations and unit names are redacted, and one entry reports approximately 80-180 mph probable UAPs traveling southwest at 0524Z.

DECLASSIFED UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20260710 Misrep 7467030 Narrative (SECRET\REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 2149Z, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] TOOK OFF FROM [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] AT 2158Z, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] HANDED OVER WITH [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] WITH FULLY MISSION CAPABLE SENSORS. AT [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] FROM 0057Z TO 1552Z, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ON O[REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] [REDACTED] ISO [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] (SEE ISR 1). AT 0524Z, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] OBSERVED [REDACTED] PROB UAPS TRAVELING SW AT ROUGHLY 80-180 MPH. (SEE OBSERVATION 1) AT [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] RETURNED TO BASE. AT [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)]. AT [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] AT 1924Z, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] LANDED AT [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] WITH A LAST ENGINE SHUT-DOWN TIME OF 1934Z. [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] TASKING PROSECUTED, [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] [REDACTED] TASKING PROSECUTED, [REDACTED] TOTAL TASKINGS PROSECUTED Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: REL TO USA, FVEY • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470504 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM [REDACTED (3.5C, (B)(6))] DECLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED

Page 2 of 6 · 17 redactions

This is page 2 of a Department of War mission report form (MISREP) from the 20 ATKS unit, listing mission identifiers and point-of-contact, quality control, and approver fields, most of which are redacted. Mission type, ATO mission number, and all personal contact fields are blacked out.

DECLASSIFED UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20260710 SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 20 ATKS • Submit Date (Auto-generated): MSNID • Tasking Order (ATO): ZZ • Mission Type: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • ATO Mission Number: [REDACTED] • Country Tasked: US - United States • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poc POC • Rank: A1C • Full Name: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Unit: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Wing: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Phone Number: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Email: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: [REDACTED (b)(6)] QC • Rank: SSgt • Full Name: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Unit: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Wing: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Phone Number: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Email: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Service: Air Force • Operations [REDACTED (b)(6)] APPROVER • Rank: SSgt • Full Name: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Unit: [REDACTED (b)(6)] [REDACTED (b)(6)] 3.5C. (B)(6) SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY DECLASSIFED UNCLASSIFIED

Page 3 of 6 · 6 redactions

A form page with contact fields (Wing, Phone Number, Email, Service listed as Air Force, Operations Center) and an ACEQUIP section listing aircraft callsign and electronic warfare, countermeasure and weapons fields, all of which are blank apart from redacted entries. The page carries SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and UNCLASSIFIED markings with a declassification stamp.

• Wing: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Phone Number: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Email: [REDACTED] • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: [REDACTED (b)(6)] INGEST • Rank: • Full Name: • Unit: • Wing: • Phone Number: • Email: • Service: • Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign: [REDACTED (b)(6)] • Radar Name or Destination: • Radar Software Load or Mission Data: • Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: • RWR Software Load or Mission Data: • MWS Name or Designator: • MWS Software Load or Mission Data: • IRCM Name or Designator: • IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: • ECM Name or Designator: • ECM Software Load or Mission Data: • CMD Name or Designator: • Chaff Designator: • Num Chaff or Cartridges: • Flare Designator: • Num Flares: • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: • Num Towed Decoys: • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: • Num Radar-Guided AAM: [REDACTED (B)(6)]

Page 4 of 6 · 13 redactions

This is page 4 of a mission report form listing IR-guided AAM, gun, targeting pod and avionics fields, plus takeoff, on-station and off-station timeline entries. Most entries are blank or redacted, and the takeoff time is recorded as 042149:00ZMAY22.

• Type of IR-Guided AAM: • Num IR-Guided AAM: • Gun Name or Designator: • Num Gun Rounds: • Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: - • TGT Pod Name or Designator: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Additional Avionics: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Data Link: • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • Callsign: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Number of Aircraft: [REDACTED] • Asset Type (Aircraft): [REDACTED] • Aircraft Tail Number(s): [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Takeoff Time DTG: 042149:00ZMAY22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Mission Canceled: On Station • Time On Station DTG: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Callsign: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • JTAR Number: - • Killbox (Location): - • Mission Type: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • JTAC Callsign: - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Did not Arrive On Station: Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Total Time On Station: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Gentext/Additional Details: Landing [REDACTED (b)(6)] DECLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, Declassified on: 20260710

Page 5 of 6 · 15 redactions

A planned ISR mission report page recording on-station and off-station times, target development tasking to identify weapons, ammunition storage and personnel, and a note that dust storms affected collection between 0524Z and 0704Z. Much of the header and mission details are redacted.

• Last Land Location (ICAO Code): [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Last Land Time: 051924:00ZMAY22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 051934:00ZMAY22 • Total Mission Time: [REDACTED] • Gentext/Additional Details: - ISR • Time-on Station DTG: 050057:00ZMAY22 • Time-off Station DTG: 051552:00ZMAY22 • Aircraft Callsign: [REDACTED] • Msn Type: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Primary Sensor: [REDACTED] • Sensors Available: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Tasking Type: PLANNED • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Activity Description: TARGET DEVELOPMENT • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed: • Number of EEIs: GENTEXT/ISR • Gentext: [STRIKETHROUGH: SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY] [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ON [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] MISSION INTENT FOR THE TASKING WAS TO CONDUCT POL, IDENTIFY PID OF WEAPONS AND WEAPONS/AMMO STORAGE AREAS, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY PERSONNEL WITHIN THE COMPOUND. LOOKING FOR PID OF [REDACTED (b)(1)] [REDACTED] CONDUCTED EEI RELATED ACTIVITY AND OBSERVED NO SIGNIFICANT/NEFARIOUS ACTIVITY UNTIL RTB. ISR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: [REDACTED] • Supported Operation: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Precoord Time: [REDACTED (b)(1)(B)] • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: [STRIKETHROUGH: SECRET\REL TO USA, FVEY] DUE TO DUST STORMS SOME COLLECTION ON UAPS WAS AFFECTED BETWEEN 0524Z AND 0704Z. [REDACTED (b)(3)(B)(6)] SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY DECLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DECLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Declassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, Declassified on: 20260710

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This is a mission report page from an aircraft sensor operation, recording a FMV observation from 0524Z to 0704Z on 5 May 2022 of multiple unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) of approximately 1-2 meters in size travelling 80-180 mph, with altitude undetermined, which the report states did not hinder the mission. Much of the page is redacted.

DECLASSIFED UNCLASSIFIED SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Declassified by: MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20260710 EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: • Intel Gap Filled?: Yes • Gentext: - OBSERVATION • Observation DTG: 050524:00ZMAY22 • Aircraft Callsign: [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] • Aircraft Location: [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] • Aircraft Heading: - • Aircraft Altitude: - • Aircraft Airspeed: - • Relative Bearing or Clock Position: • Range: - • Killbox & Keypad: - • Observed Activity Location: [REDACTED] • Observed Activity Description: [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] • Method of Observation: FMV • EEIs Observed: • Number of EEIs: GENTEXT/OBSERVATION • Gentext: FROM 0524Z-0704Z, [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] WAS SCANNING VARIOUS POIs IVO [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] AND PERIODICALLY OBSERVED [REDACTED] UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA AND IN THE NE PORTION OF [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] ACCORDING TO THE [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)], THE 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. DURING THE OBSERVATION PERIOD, [REDACTED (b) (1) (B)] WOULD REACQUIRE THE UAPs AFTER RETURNING THE SENSOR BACK TO THE ORIGIONAL POI LOCATIONS. THE UAPs DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION. WSV IS ATTACHED BELOW WEATHER • Weather: [REDACTED (3.5C. (B)(6)] DECLASSIFED UNCLASSIFIED