1x UAP observed via FMV during NAVCENT ISR mission — Arabian Gulf, 2 October 2020

MISREP 4871281 (unit 482ATKS, 432 AEW, AFCENT/USCENTCOM) documents a 21-hour AREC mission over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman beginning 1 October 2020 at 22:49Z and landing 2 October at 19:53Z. At 18:29Z on 2 October 2020, the aircraft observed one UAP; the observation section text is referenced as 'OBS LINE 1' but the corresponding observation text appears to be redacted or missing in the OCR extraction. Heavy haze was noted as precluding IMINT analysis for most of the mission. Five Iranian Air Defense guardcalls were also recorded during this mission.

“"AT 1829Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP, SEE OBSERVATION LINE 1." (Observation section details not recovered from OCR.)”

Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. MISREP 4871281 from 482ATKS. Takeoff 01 OCT 2020 22:49Z; landing 02 OCT 2020 19:53Z; UAP observation at 18:29Z 02 OCT 2020 explicitly stated in narrative. However, the OBSERVATION section that would contain UAP description (OBS LINE 1) is not present in the OCR output — either fully redacted or a page is missing. All UAP descriptive fields therefore null. Location entirely redacted. Theater centroid used (26.5N, 55.5E), location_approx: true. Additional avionics listed as AH-BS_WARIO (differs from other missions in batch). Heavy haze weather condition noted. Five guardcalls from Iranian Air Defense recorded. Confidence reduced to 0.50 due to absence of observation detail text.