89th Squadron's One-Minute Syrian Transit

Brief

At 310239Z JUL22, an operator aboard an aircraft from the 89th Attack Squadron (432 AEW), flying at 19,359 feet and 116 knots over Syria, observed a UAP near grid 37SFU2xx in KP 9; the event lasted under one minute and the object tracked north to south. No RF signature, velocity measurement, or UAP altitude was recorded. The sortie was otherwise a lengthy IMINT and SIGINT collection mission for TF CHOSIN under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, logging approximately 17 hours of imagery and 19 hours of signals work. Full motion video from the mission was exploited by DGS1 but is not attached to the declassified release.

Metadata

Agency

Department of War

Release

5/8/26

Incident

7/31/22

Location

Syria

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

7 pages

Classification

UNCLASSIFIED (originally SECRET//NOFORN)

Programs

INHERENT RESOLVE, OP SPECTRE DAGGER

Tags

UAP direction N-to-S, sub-minute duration, no RF signature, IMINT platform, FMV collected, Syria, 2022, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, OP SPECTRE DAGGER, KP 9

Key points

• UAP observed at 310239Z JUL22 in the vicinity of grid 37SFU2xx, KP 9, Syria; total duration under one minute, trajectory north to south.p.7
• Observing platform was at 19,359 feet altitude and 116 knots at the moment of contact.p.7
• All quantitative UAP fields — altitude, velocity, trajectory (measured), physical state — are blank; UAP Signatures field reads 'No' and no RF frequency or duration was logged.p.7
• Full motion video from the sortie was exploited by DGS1, but no video or attachment is included in this declassified release.p.1
• Mission totaled 20 hours 57 minutes: 17.2 IMINT hours and 18.7 SIGINT hours, with two total taskings prosecuted.p.1
• The mission was flown under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE as OP SPECTRE DAGGER, providing force protection surveillance for TF CHOSIN.p.5
• Unit: 89 ATKS, 432 AEW, departing and recovering at Muwaffaq Salti AB (OJMS, Jordan).p.2
• Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 8 October 2025 under MDR 25-0094 through MDR 25-0099.p.1

Verbatim

• AT 310239Z,! 1.4a I OBSERVED AN UAP EVENT IYO 37SFU2~~IN KP 9. THE UAP OCCURED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WITH THE UAP MOVING FROM N TO S.

  p.7

• FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY DGSl. 20.9 MISSION HOURS, 17 .2 IMINT HOURS, 1 IMINT TA SKINGS PROSECUTED, 18. 7 SIGINT HOURS, 1 SIGINT TASKINGSPROSECUTED,2TOTALTASKINGSPROSECUTED

  p.1

• WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR

  p.7

• AT 2028Z,~ARRIVED ON OP SPECTRE DAGGER, FORCE PRO ISO TF CHOSIN AND TF CHOSIN SENSOR TASKING AUTHORITY (STA) DIRECTED~TO PROVIDE !MINT IVO 37SFU3~1~.

  p.5

• AT 05282, THE CONVOY STOPPED N OF AN OVERHANG AND ALL ADMS EXITED THE VEHICLES, WALKING UNDER THE OVERHAND. lX ADM SLUNG A RILE OVER HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. AREA ASSESSED TO BE A POSS SHOOTING RANGE.

  p.6

Most interesting

• The UAP observation represents a narrow slice — under one minute — of a nearly 21-hour mission otherwise spent tracking armed dismounts, vehicle convoys, and suspected weapons transfers across multiple grid squares in Syria.
• The aircraft's position at UAP contact (37SFU4xx) and the UAP's location (37SFU2xx) appear to be distinct grid cells, indicating the object was observed at some lateral distance from the platform rather than in close proximity.
• The MISREP's UAP description section leaves every measurable performance field blank: altitude, velocity, trajectory (measured), and physical state are all dashed or empty — the only recorded data is direction of travel and rough duration.
• Two TELAR systems with three rockets loaded were observed inactive at 1134Z during the same sortie, underscoring the operational environment in which the UAP sighting occurred.
• No RF frequency was detected from the UAP, removing one common prosaic explanation (drone with active radio link) without conclusively resolving what was observed.
• Declassification was authorized at the combatant-command level (USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, a Major General), consistent with the document's original SECRET//NOFORN handling.