Arabian Gulf Sighting, Mission Impact Denied

Brief

DOW-UAP-D6 is a standardized Mission Report documenting a single probable UAP sighting in the vicinity of MGRS coordinate 3SKT4255899519. The reporting operator's identity, platform, and observational method are withheld under FOIA exemption 1.4(a). No mission impact was declared and the crew continued its original tasking. The document title references the Arabian Gulf while the release metadata lists the incident location as the Pacific Ocean — a direct contradiction unresolved by the available text.

Metadata

Agency

Department of War

Release

5/8/26

Location

Pacific Ocean

Type

PDF • .pdf

Length

7 pages

Classification

SECRET//REL

Tags

probable UAP, single object, MISREP, Arabian Gulf / Pacific Ocean discrepancy, MGRS 3SKT4255899519, 2020, AARO report

Key points

• One probable UAP was observed at 1246Z and reported via MISREP to AARO using standard military reporting format.p.7
• The UAP was located in the vicinity of MGRS grid 3SKT4255899519; the precise geographic theater is clouded by a location-metadata discrepancy between the document title and the release package.p.7
• No mission impact was recorded; the crew continued its original tasking without diverting or engaging the object.p.7
• The observer's identity, unit, and platform are redacted under FOIA exemption 1.4(a), which covers classified national-security information relating to military plans, weapons systems, or operations.p.7
• The sole extractable text carries a (S//REL) classification marking, indicating the report was SECRET and releasable to designated partner nations at time of creation.p.7
• Six of the document's seven pages have no extractable text, suggesting they are either image-only scans or fully redacted.p.7

Verbatim

• (S//REL) AT 1246Z, 1.4(a) 1.4(a) OBSERVED 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519. NO MISSION IMPACT, CONTINUED ORIGINAL TASKING. 1.4(a)

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Most interesting

• The document title reads 'Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020' but the war.gov release metadata lists 'Pacific Ocean' as the incident location — a direct contradiction not resolved by the single surviving page of text.
• MGRS grid zone designator '3S' corresponds to a longitude band in the central Pacific Ocean, lending geographic support to the 'Pacific Ocean' metadata over the 'Arabian Gulf' title.
• The military shorthand '1X PROB UAP' encodes epistemic uncertainty: 'PROB' (probable) indicates the operator classified the object tentatively rather than definitively at the time of observation.
• The (S//REL) marking means the report was originally cleared for coalition or allied-nation sharing, so the sighting was known to partner intelligence services well before public declassification.
• The war.gov description notes that all characterizations 'should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics' — standard AARO boilerplate inserted to prevent extrapolation beyond what the reporter directly observed.