15th Air Force Clears Two-Hour Oval Tracking, Halloween 2024

Brief

A PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician at 15 AF / DET 1 forwards the approved unclassified tear line stating that a U.S. aircraft observed an oval/orb-shaped object moving at low speed for over two hours on 31 October 2024. A second correspondent — an Information Disclosure Analyst — follows up requesting authorization to include the year in the tear line, noting only the month and day had been cleared. All personnel are redacted under exemption (b)(6), leaving no named witnesses. The correspondence is classified SECRET//NOFORN, with the observation characterizations formally qualified as the reporter's subjective interpretation.

Metadata

Agency

Department of War

Release

5/8/26

Incident

10/31/24

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

2 pages

Classification

SECRET//NOFORN

Tags

oval/orb shape, low speed, airborne visual observation, 2024, 15th Air Force, two-hour observation

Key points

• A U.S. aircraft tracked an oval/orb-shaped UAP at low speed for over two hours on 31 October 2024.p.1
• The originating unit is 15 AF / DET 1 (15th Air Force, Detachment 1); the author holds a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician role.p.1
• The unclassified tear line had been approved for month and day only — the year required a separate, still-pending disclosure authorization at the time of writing.p.2
• All personnel identities are redacted under (b)(6); no witness rank or name appears in the record.p.1
• The overall classification of the correspondence is SECRET//NOFORN.p.1
• The release disclaimer formally qualifies all shape and speed descriptions as the reporter's subjective interpretation, not confirmed object characteristics.p.1

Verbatim

• Below is the requested additional information (include the year) to the UNCLASS tear line.

  p.1

• The U.S Aircraft had eyes on the poss UAP for over 2 hours.

  p.2

• Could you please approve the use of the year this incident took place? Currently you have approved the month and the day, we request it includes the year.

  p.2

Most interesting

• The bureaucratic negotiation over a single calendar year — month and day approved, year withheld — reveals a granular, component-level date-classification review process that treats each date element as independently disclosable.
• A two-hour continuous observation window is unusually long for a reported UAP encounter and implies sustained tracking rather than a momentary or incidental sighting.
• The 'PAROC' designation (a 15th Air Force detachment-level intelligence function) handling this report places UAP processing inside a non-specialized Air Force intel unit rather than a dedicated UAP task force.
• The tear-line approval workflow itself — requiring a follow-up email to unlock the year — is visible in the declassified text, inadvertently documenting the classification review process as fully as the sighting itself.