UAP AnalysisIndependent · the declassified record

Incident records

212 structured records · tranches 1–2

Every row is one extracted incident. Titles, shapes, and behaviour are our normalized analysis; each links to a record page showing the verbatim claim and the source document. The legibility bars measure how cleanly the fields could be extracted from the source — not the credibility of the sighting; low bars are noisy mid-century scans and heavily-redacted compilations.

24 of 212 records
DateTitle / locationAgencyShapeBehaviourStatusLegibility
~2025Orb observed under FLIR, splits into two, pursues helicopter at extreme speed — 2025
Undisclosed mountain range near redacted site, United States (all coordinates redacted)
OtherorbinteractiveUnresolved
Oct 20, 2024Misshapen ball of white light flashing across FMV feed — Syria theater, October 2024
Syria theater (MGRS 37SFU36 approx), Operation INHERENT RESOLVE
Dept. of DefenseirregularmaneuverUnresolved
Jul 14, 2024UAP faster than friendly aircraft — Gulf of Aden area, 0517Z 14 Jul 2024
Gulf of Aden / Red Sea theater (MGRS 38PMT53 17, exact sub-grid estimated)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Jun 7, 2024Glowing spherical UAP with cylindrical pole flying at 140 knots just over water — UAE/Arabian Gulf, 7 June 2024
Arabian Gulf / UAE area (MGRS 40RFM60, redacted)
Dept. of Defenseorb, cylindertransitUnresolved
Nov 9, 2023Bouncy-ball-shaped UAP at ~424 kn — Syria theater, 2153Z 9 Nov 2023
Syria / northern Levant theater (MGRS 37DST69, exact sub-grid redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Oct 29, 2023Circular UAP flying above ocean surface toward land — Greece/Eastern Mediterranean, October 2023
Eastern Mediterranean / Greece theater (MGRS 35SMV approx), RTB to LGLR
Dept. of DefenseorbtransitUnresolved
Oct 27, 2023Circular UAP executing 90-degree turns over ocean surface — Greece/Eastern Mediterranean, October 2023
Eastern Mediterranean / Greece theater (MGRS 35SKD approx), departure from LGLR
Dept. of DefenseorbmaneuverUnresolved
Oct 24, 2023UAP observed at 320 MPH — UAE/Arabian Gulf area, 24 October 2023 (first event)
UAE/Arabian Gulf area (MGRS 39RYJ9, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Oct 24, 2023UAP observed at 440 MPH — UAE/Arabian Gulf area, 24 October 2023 (second event)
UAE/Arabian Gulf area (MGRS 39RXK6, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Mar 31, 202310–20 bright maneuvering objects observed from targeting pod — Syria/ESSA area, 31 March 2023
ESSA killbox, NE of RLZ, Syria/Iraq area (MGRS 37SGA1, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknownmaneuverUnresolved
May 6, 20225 UAP observed during ISR mission — Middle East, May 2022
Middle East (MGRS 38SMC53, redacted theater)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Nov 2, 2020UAP 1 observed via FMV — Arabian Gulf, 2 November 2020 at 21:43Z
Arabian Gulf, IVO MGRS 39RWK (partial, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Nov 2, 2020UAP 2 observed via FMV traveling NW — Arabian Gulf, 2 November 2020 at 21:48Z
Arabian Gulf, IVO MGRS 39RWK (partial, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Oct 2, 20201x UAP observed via FMV during NAVCENT ISR mission — Arabian Gulf, 2 October 2020
Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz area (precise location redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Sep 16, 2020UAP observed via FMV — Strait of Hormuz/Persian Gulf area, 16 September 2020
Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz area, IVO MGRS 39RVM5 (partial, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Aug 27, 2020Formation of unknown flying objects tracked for ~2 minutes before lost in cloud cover — Arabian Gulf coast, 27 August 2020
Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz area, IVO MGRS 39RVM8 (partial, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Aug 8, 20201x UAP observed via FMV during NAVCENT ISR mission — Arabian Gulf/Strait of Hormuz, 8 August 2020
Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz area, IVO MGRS 39RWL (partial, redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Jul 16, 2020UAP sighting 1 — Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf area, 1830Z 16 Jul 2020
Arabian Gulf / Persian Gulf (MGRS 39RVM, redacted grid)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Jul 16, 2020UAP sighting 2 — Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf area, 1920Z 16 Jul 2020
Arabian Gulf (MGRS 39RUN, redacted grid)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
Jul 16, 2020UAP sighting 3 — Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf area, 2345Z 16 Jul 2020
Arabian Gulf (MGRS 39RUN, redacted grid)
Dept. of DefenseunknownUnresolved
~20201x probable UAP observed via FMV — Arabian Gulf, date redacted (2020)
Arabian Gulf
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
~2020Balloon-like UAP observed via TFLIR — Arabian Gulf, 0645Z (date redacted) 2020
Arabian Gulf (IVO 323, exact grid redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Nov 18, 2016Possible low-flying missile/UAP at ~500 KTS observed by P-8A — 55 NM NW of Latakia, Syria
~55 NM northwest of Latakia, Syria, Eastern Mediterranean
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitUnresolved
Date unknown4 UAP observed beneath ISR aircraft — Arabian Gulf / East China Sea area, 2024 (date redacted)
Unknown (all location data redacted)
Dept. of DefenseunknowntransitRedacted