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USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP undefined-8216304) documenting a U.S. military ISR platform's observation of a possible UAP/UAV flying west to east in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq on 1 December 2022.
USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP undefined-8216304) documenting a U.S. military ISR platform's observation of a possible UAP/UAV flying west to east in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq on 1 December 2022.
On 1 December 2022 at 1620Z, a 482ATKS ISR aircraft operating under Operation Inherent Resolve from OKAS observed one possible UAP/UAV flying west to east in the vicinity of grid 38SMB4_83_ near Baghdad, Iraq, at flight level 180. The asset was conducting a 19-hour, 17-minute target development mission with full-motion video as the primary sensor, supporting a task force operation. The crew did not follow the object and continued the tasked mission, with no further events observed. The report was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 8 October 2025 and approved for release to AARO.
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8Befi'fi'fN8'0!\U Misrep undefined-8216304 Narrative EBr,'lW~ AT 1206Z,! 1.4a !TOOK OFF FROM OKAS. AT 1220Z,~HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 1323Z TO 0626Z,! 1.4a !COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z,! 1.4a !SUPPORTED Tiliii)TO OH 1.4a !(OBJ! 1.4a ! ! 1.4a ! IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. SEE ISR LINE 1. AT 1620Z,! 1.4a !OBSERVED POSSIBLE UAP. SEE UAP LINE l.AT 0426Z,~WAS CLEARED TO RTB. AT 0655Z,~HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. AT 0723Z,~LANDED AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS-AR fii'R.ELIIJO, Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classificatiom Effleft'ffl:' • Associated Caveats: !if8f'8It1il: • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20471202 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 482ATKS • Submit Date: MSNID 3.5c. FOIA Exemption (b)(6) AARO Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 001 Approved for Release to
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• Tasking Order (ATO): ID • Mission Type: ISR • ATO Mission Number:! 1.4a • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poe POC • Rank: AlC • Fullfiti,&111.ll'C -~x_e_m_p-tio_n_s-(b-)(-3)-, ~30b, (b)(6) • Unit: 482ATKS • Wing: 20FW • Phone Numbelt:J FOIA Exemption ~b)(6) • Email:I 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 603 AOC QC • Rank: Ctr • Full Name:k FOIA Exemption (b)l6) • Unit: 12 AF PAROC • Wing: Other • Phone Numb12: Eo1A Exemption!<b)(6) • Email: ! 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other APPROVER • Rank: SrA • Ftdl)~,amcaxemptions (b)(3)J130b, (b)(6) • Unit: 609 AOC • Wing: Other • Phone Numllei; fo1A Exemption!(b)(6) • Email:I 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 002 Approved for Release to AARO
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!f:!emffl'11N'M6lt!f UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 011620:00ZDEC22 • MDS Type I Asset Type~ .4a, 1.4• • Tail Number: !1 .4a, 1.49! • Friendly Aircraft Location: 38S MB 4~8~ • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: FLl 80 • Friendly Aircraft Speed: - • Friendly Aircraft State: - • Training Range (If applicable): - • Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: - • Number of UAP Sighted: 1 • UAP Signatures: No • UAP RF Frequency: - • UAP RF Duration: - • UAP Effects on Persons: (U) NONE REPORTED • Full Name: - • Email: - • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): - • UAP First Seen Location: 38S MB 4~83!1.4a! • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): - GENTEXTIUAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features). tB,11'i'ifF➔ AT 16202, I 1.4a !OBSERVED lX POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST IVO 38SMB4~831I:4al ~DID NOT FOLLOW UAP. ~CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED, NO FURTHER EVENTS WERE OBSERVED. 1.4a 81l!EIMMf 8PEHlfi Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 006 Approved for Release to AARO
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8Befi'fi'fN8'0!\U Misrep undefined-8216304 Narrative EBr,'lW~ AT 1206Z,! 1.4a !TOOK OFF FROM OKAS. AT 1220Z,~HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 1323Z TO 0626Z,! 1.4a !COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER. FROM 1518Z TO 0426Z,! 1.4a !SUPPORTED Tiliii)TO OH 1.4a !(OBJ! 1.4a ! ! 1.4a ! IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ. SEE ISR LINE 1. AT 1620Z,! 1.4a !OBSERVED POSSIBLE UAP. SEE UAP LINE l.AT 0426Z,~WAS CLEARED TO RTB. AT 0655Z,~HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. AT 0723Z,~LANDED AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS-AR fii'R.ELIIJO, Mission Narrative Admin CLASSIFICATION • Classificatiom Effleft'ffl:' • Associated Caveats: !if8f'8It1il: • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20471202 OPERATION • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Operations Center: 609th • Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM MSGID • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): 482ATKS • Submit Date: MSNID 3.5c. FOIA Exemption (b)(6) AARO Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 001 Approved for Release to
• Tasking Order (ATO): ID • Mission Type: ISR • ATO Mission Number:! 1.4a • Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES • Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE Poe POC • Rank: AlC • Fullfiti,&111.ll'C -~x_e_m_p-tio_n_s-(b-)(-3)-, ~30b, (b)(6) • Unit: 482ATKS • Wing: 20FW • Phone Numbelt:J FOIA Exemption ~b)(6) • Email:I 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 603 AOC QC • Rank: Ctr • Full Name:k FOIA Exemption (b)l6) • Unit: 12 AF PAROC • Wing: Other • Phone Numb12: Eo1A Exemption!<b)(6) • Email: ! 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other APPROVER • Rank: SrA • Ftdl)~,amcaxemptions (b)(3)J130b, (b)(6) • Unit: 609 AOC • Wing: Other • Phone Numllei; fo1A Exemption!(b)(6) • Email:I 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC INGEST 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 002 Approved for Release to AARO
• Rank: • Full Name: • Unit: • Wing: • Phone Number: • Email: • Service: • Operations Center: ACEQUIP ACEQUIP • Aircraft Callsign:I 1.4a • Radar Name or Destination: - • Radar Software Load or Mission Data: - • Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator: - • RWR Software Load or Mission Data: - • MWS Name or Designator: - • MWS Software Load or Mission Data: - • IRCM Name or Designator: - • IRCM Software Load or Mission Data: - • ECM Name or Designator: - • ECM Software Load or Mission Data: - • CMD Name or Designator: - • Chaff Designator: - • Num Chaff or Cartridges: - • Flare Designator: - • Num Flares: • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: - • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: - • Num Towed Decoys: - • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: - • Num Radar-Guided AAM: - • Type of IR-Guided AAM: - • Num IR-Guided AAM: - • Gun Name or Designator: - • Num Gun Rounds: - • Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: - I 1.4c • Data Link: - 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) Sll8M1¥i'Jf81il0Rfii Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 003 Approved for Release to AARO
fteMTff!fM8Ni • Gentext: - Timeline Takeoff • Callsign:I 1.4a • Number of Aircraft: 1 .-------, • Asset Type (Aircraft) 1.4a, 1.4g • Aircraft Tail Number(s) 1.4a, 1.4g • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OKAS • Takeoff Time DTG: 011206:00ZDEC22 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Mission Canceled: Landing • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OKAS • Last Land Time: 020723:00ZDEC22 • Last Engine Shutdown Time: 020733:00ZDEC22 • Total Mission Time: 19 hours 17 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: - JSR • Time-on Station DTG: 011518:00ZDEC22 • Time-off Station DTG: 020426:00ZDEC22 • Aircraft Callsign~ 1.4a I • Msn Type: TARGET DEV • Primary Sensor: FMV • Sensors Available: AH/BLASPHEMY • Tasking Type: PLANNED • Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): - • BE Number (ifNTISR): - • Tasked Start Point: 38SMB4~83~ • Activity Description: ISR • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEis Observed: No • Number of EEis: GENTEXTIISR 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) Elll8MIW.H8li8Mf Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 004 Approved for Release to AARO
SEat&iifWl'11 om, • GentextJ tS:VtW,! • 1.4a !COORDINATED WITH T~236 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PRECOORD WAS SATISFACTORY. AT 1220Z,~ARRIVED ON STATION ISO T~FOR OP! 1.4a Id 1.4a, 1.4c I TO CONDUCT POL SCANS AND ID HVI/POI SIGNATURES. FROM 151 SZ TO 0426Z, ~ONDUCTED SCANS FOR HVI/POI, POL, ADMS IN SUITS, WEAPONS, CONVOYS/SENTRY, AND PERSONNEL! 1.4c I ! 1.4c !FROM 1921Z TO 0428ZJ 1.4a, 1.4c _AT 0426Z,~WAS CLEARED OFF TASKING AND RETURNED TO BASE (RTB) JSR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: TF!1.4a! • Supported Operation: OP ..... ! ---1.-4a-------.l (OBJ._!_ ___,:.:1-=4aa...,..:.:.1.4=c'---__. • Precoord Time: 236 MINUTES • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY WEATHER • Weather: (U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR EFFECTIVENESS • Tasker: • Intel Gap Filled?: No • Gentext: - On Station • Time On Station DTG: 011220:00ZDEC22 • Callsign: I 1.4a I • JTAR Number: - • Killbox (Location): - • Mission Type: ISR • JTAC Callsign: - • Gentext/Additional Details: - • Did not Arrive On Station: Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: 020655:00ZDEC22 • Total Time On Station: 18 hours 35 minutes • Gentext/Additional Details: 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) • lJiiQJlil:{;lt.i'.Qi:ORN Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 005 Approved for Release to AARO!f:!emffl'11N'M6lt!f UAP • Initial Contact DTG: 011620:00ZDEC22 • MDS Type I Asset Type~ .4a, 1.4• • Tail Number: !1 .4a, 1.49! • Friendly Aircraft Location: 38S MB 4~8~ • Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: FLl 80 • Friendly Aircraft Speed: - • Friendly Aircraft State: - • Training Range (If applicable): - • Operational Range: - • UAP Physical State: - • Number of UAP Sighted: 1 • UAP Signatures: No • UAP RF Frequency: - • UAP RF Duration: - • UAP Effects on Persons: (U) NONE REPORTED • Full Name: - • Email: - • Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): - • UAP First Seen Location: 38S MB 4~83!1.4a! • UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): - GENTEXTIUAP • UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features). tB,11'i'ifF➔ AT 16202, I 1.4a !OBSERVED lX POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST IVO 38SMB4~831I:4al ~DID NOT FOLLOW UAP. ~CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED, NO FURTHER EVENTS WERE OBSERVED. 1.4a 81l!EIMMf 8PEHlfi Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 006 Approved for Release to AARO