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Dept. of DefenseRedacted

4 UAP observed beneath ISR aircraft — Arabian Gulf / East China Sea area, 2024 (date redacted)

Date unknownUnknown (all location data redacted) (approx.)
Analysis — our summary

At approximately 1736Z on an unknown date, an ISR aircraft with AFCENT designation observed 4 UAP beneath it in its field of view: 1 UAP at 17:36:22, 2 UAP side-by-side at 17:36:30, and 1 UAP at 17:36:49. Cloud coverage prevented the crew from following and obtaining a clear visual. The narrative, ISR text, aircraft type, tail number, takeoff/landing times, and all location data are fully redacted under (b)(1)1.4a.

As reported — verbatim from the document
"4X UAP OBSERVED FLYING IN [REDACTED] FOV. CLOUD COVERAGE OBSTRUCTED [REDACTED] FROM FOLLOWING AND GETTING A CLEAR VISUAL." and "AT APPROX 1736Z 4 UAP WERE OBSERVED BENEATH [REDACTED]. 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:22, 2X UAP OBSERVED SIDE BY SIDE AT 17:36:30, AND 1X UAP OBSERVED AT 17:36:49."
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

This is the most heavily redacted document in the batch. Mission narrative, all timeline fields, ISR gentext, and all operational context are fully redacted under (b)(1)1.4a (national security, 1.4a exemption). The filename references 'Arabian-Gulf-2020' but the internal declassification date field reads 20480603 and MAJCOM is AFCENT; no specific year can be confirmed from unredacted text. The document does not include a standard MDR reference number visible in other batch documents. UAP event type field, UAP physical state, UAP first/last seen locations, and UAP description — all redacted. The report preserves only the UAP gentext entries and administrative headers. Confidence is very low due to near-total redaction.

Provenance
Source documentDOW-UAP-D3-Mission-Report-Arabian-Gulf-2020.pdf
Document typeMISREP
Reporting agencyDept. of Defense
Source pages7
Redaction markers in doc91
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Extraction confidence LowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.