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DOW-UAP-D016, Mission Report, Syria, July 2022

This declassified Mission Report (MISREP) from the 89th Attack Squadron (432 AEW), operating under USCENTCOM/AFCENT during Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, records an ISR sortie flown from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (OJMS) in support of Task Force Chosin. During the mission, at 310239ZJUL22, a U.S. military operator observed an Unidentified Aerial/Anomalous Phenomenon in the vicinity of grid 37SFU2 (redacted) in Syria. According to the report, the UAP occurred in less than a minute and moved from north to south. The reporting aircraft was at 19,359 ft, 116 kts at the time of contact; full motion video was exploited by DGS. The bulk of the GENTEXT documents routine ISR follow activity of ground vehicles and personnel (ADM), unrelated to the UAP event. The releasing agency notes all descriptive language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation and should not be treated as conclusive about any object's features or performance. Heavily redacted under FOIA/security exemptions; declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 8 October 2025 and approved for release to AARO.

Source: U.S. Department of Warwar.govIncident Jul 31, 2022Released May 8, 2026Discovered Jul 2, 20266.7 MBdocument
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Description

A redacted U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) submitted to AARO documenting a brief Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon observation during an armed reconnaissance/ISR mission over Syria during Operation Inherent Resolve on 31 July 2022. Released by the U.S. Department of War.

Claims

  • The releasing agency states the descriptive language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation and is not conclusive about any object's features.

    90%
  • The observation was made during an ISR/armed recce mission supporting Task Force Chosin under Operation Inherent Resolve.

    85%
  • A U.S. military operator observed an unidentified anomalous phenomenon over Syria at 310239Z JUL 22 that lasted under one minute and moved from north to south.

    80%
  • The observing aircraft was at 19,359 ft altitude and 116 kts at the time of initial contact.

    75%
  • Full motion video of the mission was exploited by DGS.

    75%
  • The friendly aircraft was at 19,359 ft altitude and 116 kts at the time of the observation.

    75%
  • A U.S. military operator observed one UAP move from north to south with a total duration of under one minute on 31 July 2022 over Syria.

    70%
  • Full-motion video of the mission was exploited by DGS.

    70%

Events

  1. Jul 30, 2022

    UAP observation

    At 310239Z JUL 22 the operator observed an unidentified anomalous phenomenon vicinity grid 37SFU2 (KP 9); the event lasted under one minute with the UAP moving from north to south.

  2. Oct 7, 2025

    Declassification

    Document declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff.

  3. May 7, 2026

    Public release

    File released publicly by the Department of War per source page Release Date.

  4. Jul 29, 2022

    Aircraft departure from OJMS

    Aircraft departed Muwaffaq Salti Air Base at 301822ZJUL22.

  5. Jul 30, 2022

    Return to base / landing

    Aircraft returned to base and landed at OJMS at 311519ZJUL22.

  6. Jul 29, 2022

    Aircraft departs Muwaffaq Salti AB

    Aircraft departed OJMS at 301822Z JUL 22 for armed reconnaissance/ISR mission.

Dates mentioned

2022-07-302022-07-312025-10-082026-05-082047-07-31

Keywords

Entities

Extracted text (OCR)
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Narrative
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WITH IMINT VIA 7 LINE. AT 301822ZJUL22, [:ii]DEPARTED MUWAFFAQ SALTI AB (OJMS).
AT 301829ZJUL22,~HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. AT 301925ZJUL22, I 1.4a !BEGAN
SIGINT COLLECT. AT 302028ZJUL22~VED ON STATION AND CHECKED IN WITH
TF CHOSIN STA TO PERFORM IMINT IVO 37SFU3~1~ (SEE ISR 1). AT 310239ZJUL22,
~OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 37SFU271w'7~(SEE UAP
1). AT 311343ZJUL22,~RETURNED TO BASE. AT 311409ZJUL22J 1.4a [ERMINATED
SIGINT COLLECT. AT 311458ZJUL22,~HANDED BACK TO THE LRE. AT 311519ZJUL22,
~LANDED AT OJMS. 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

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Admin

CLASSIFICATION
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• Associated Caveats3 l'i0P0Rli
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470731

OPERATION
• Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th
• Major Command (MAJCOM): AFCENT
• Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM

MSGID

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Declassified on: 8 October 2025

• Report Type: MISREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 89 ATKS
• Submit Date:

MSNID
• Tasking Order (ATO): DI
• Mission Type: ARMED RECCE
• ATO Mission Number b .4a, 1.4gl
• Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES
• Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE

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POC
• Rank: Arnn
• Full JS.3~....IA_E_x_em-p-ti-on_s_(b_)_(3-),-13....,4b, (b)(6)
• Unit: 89 ATKS
• Wing: 432 AEW
• Phone Num1'.m:;f=....o-1A-Ex_e_m-pt-io....,nkb)(6)
• Email:I
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• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 603 AOC

QC
• Rank: 2dLt
• F e l l ~ 130b, (b)(6)
• Unit: 89 ATKS
• Wing: 432 AEW
• Phone Num1'.ere;t....O-IA-Ex_e_m_pt-io....,n!(b)(6)

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• Email
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• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC

APPROVER
• Rank: SrA
• Full.Nill~ Exemptions (b)(3), j30b, (b)(6)
• Unit: 609th AOC
• Wing: Other

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• Email:!
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• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC

INGEST
• 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:

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Declassified on: 8 October 2025

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• Num IR-Guided AAM:
• Gun Name or Designator:
• Num Gun Rounds:
• Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each~

1.4a

1.4c
• DataLink:
• Gentext:

Timeline

Takeoff
• Callsign:I
1.4a
• Number of Aircraft: 1
• Asset Type (Aircraft):l....1-.4a-,-1-.4g...,I
• Aircraft Tail Number(s):! 1.4a, 1.4g!
• Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OJMS
• Takeoff Time DTG: 301822:00ZJUL22
• Mode 3 (IFF Codes):
• Gentext/Additional Details: • Mission Canceled:

On Station
• Time On Station DTG: 301925:00ZJUL22
• Callsign:!
1.4a
I
• JTAR Number:
• Killbox (Location):
• Mission Type: AREC
• JTAC Callsign:
• Gentext/Additional Details: • Did not Arrive On Station:

Off Station
• Time Off Station DTG: 311409:00ZJUL22
• Total Time On Station: 18 hours 44 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details:

Landing

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Approved for Release to AARO

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Declassified on: 8 October 2025

• Last Land Location (ICAO Code): OJMS
• Last Land Time: 311519:00ZJUL22
• Last Engine Shutdown Time: 311529:00ZJUL22
• Total Mission Time: 20 hours 57 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details: -

JSR
• Time-on Station DTG: 302028:00ZJUL22
• Time-off Station DTG: 310000 :00ZJUL22
• Aircraft Callsign:I
1.4a
I
• Msn Type: AREC

• Tasking Type: Planned
• Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): • BE Number (if NTISR): • Tasked Start Point: 37SFU3~1[4iil
• Activity Description: ISR
• FMV or Image File Name (ifNTISR):
• EEis Observed:
• Number of EEis:

GENTEXT/ISR
• Gentext: ~~:rHIUil W 'G]jit, JZW3.~!
1.4a
I COORDINATED WITH TF
CHOSIN 103 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. COORDINATION WAS SATISFACTORY DUE TO
QUALITY OF PRODUCTS. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED 7-LINE FOR MISSION ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION (EEIS). 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~. FROM 2028Z TO 2100Z,~
SCANNED IVO SP (37SFU3~1~) FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 2029Z,~
OBSERVED lX ADM SITTING ON TOP OF CARGO TRUCK PARKED BEHIND TREE IVO
37SFU3~81~ FROM 210oz TO 2136Z,~SCANNED COI 1 AND RUNWAY IVO
37SFU2~3!1.4a!FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. FROM 2136Z TO 2210Z, ~
CONDUCTED RUNAWAY SCANS IVO 37SFU2~31:ualFOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT
2210Z lX POSS TECHINCAL OBS IVO 37SFU2!uial73[w FROM 2210Z TO 0037Z, ~
SCANNED IVO COI 1 (37SFU2~~ FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 2252Z, ~
SCANNED IVO 37SFU3.fia76Q1FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 0023Z, ~ OBS lX
ADM ON A MOTO AND CONDUCTED A FOLLOW. FROM 0023Z TO 0030Z, THE ADM MADE 1
STOP IVO 37SFU3~~ FROM 0037Z TO 0315Z,~SCANNED IVO 37SFU3~~
37SFU3lw,~ 37SFU33~91ud, 37SFU3 l~~ 37SFU3~4~ 37SFU2'71w7lual,
AND 37SFU3~~FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 0245Z,~OBSERVED lX

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USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 8 October 2025

ADM IVO 37SFU2~~ AT 02562, ~BSERVED lX REINFORCED STRUCTURE IVO
37SFU3~<iLiil FROM 03152 TO 05212,~SCANNED IVO 37SFU3~~
37SFU2~~ FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 05212,~OBSERVED lX WHITE
PUT, lX BLACK PUT, AND 2X WHITE BONGOS CARRYING APPROX 30 ADMS, WHICH THEN
~CONDUCTED A FOLLOW. FROM 05212 TO 07152,~FOLLOWED THE VEHICLES
AND OBSERVED 2X STOPS IVO 37SFU2a::ua:17]1.4a! 37SFU 2 ~ 7 ~ AT 05232,~
OBSERVED lX PROB TECHNICAL IVO 37SFU2~lua] 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. AT 06332, THE ADMS REENTERED THE VEHICLES CONSISTING
OF lX WHITE JEEP, lX BLACK PUT, 2X WHITE BONGOS AND DEPARTED. AT 06482, THE
CONVOY STOPPED IVO 37SFU3 ~(@APPROX 5X ADMS DISMOUNTED AND THE lX
WHITE JEEP LEFT THE CONVOY BEFORE THE CONVOY DEPARTED AGAIN. AT 06552 lX
WHITE BONGO LEFT THE CONVOY AND FOV IVO 37SFU3rn~1.4a! AT 07102, THE CONVOY
STOPPED IVO 37SFU4(~?a1.4a!AND THE ADMS DISMOUNTED AND LOITERED AND lX
TECHNICAL WAS OBSERVED. AT 07152 THE FOLLOW WAS ENDED AT A COMPOUND IVO
37SFU4~~ FROM 07152 TO 08182, ~SCANNED AROUND THE COMPOUND IVO
37SFU40~~FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 07212, lX TECHNICAL AND lX QUAD
CAB PUT WERE OBSERVED. AT 07252, 2X ADM DEPARTED THE COMPOUND ON A MOTO.
FROM 07552 TO 08182, ~SCANNED COI 1 IVO 37SFU2~liia]FOR EEI RELATED
ACTIVITY. AT 07532, lX WHITE PUT WITH UI OBJECT, POSS ARTILLERY SYSTEM, IN THE
BED AND lX ADM WERE OBSERVED. FROM 08182 TO 08542,~ERFORMED A FOLLOW
ON THE PUT WITH THE UI OBJECT IN THE BED, SLANT 2/0/0. AT 08232, THE 2X ADMS AND
lX ADDITIONAL ADM ENTERED THE TRUCK AND DEPARTED. SLANT 3/0/0. AT 08322, A
SECOND TRUCK WITH POSS MOUNTED AAA WAS OBSERVED IVO 37SFU2~~ FROM
08542 TO 09422 ~PERFORMED A FOLLOW ON lX BONGO WITH 2X POSS BARRELS IN
THE BACK FOR 6 STOPS, SLANT 2/0/0. AT 09062, THE BONGO STOPPED IVO
37SFU271w7~WHERE 2X ADDITIONAL ADMS CAME FROM A COMPOUND AND
INTERACTED WITH THE BONGO BEFORE 2X ADM LEFT IN THE BONGO. AT 091 lZ, THE
BONGO STOPPED IVO 37SFU27liAal]~WHERE A PREVIOUSLY ONOBSERVED ADM
EXITED THE BACK OF THE BONGO AND INTERACTED WITH A PASSENGER BEFORE THE
BONGO DEPARTED. AT 09212, THE BONGO STOPPED AT A RESIDENCE IVO
37SFU2~~ THE 2X ADMS FROM THE BONGO AND 3X ADMS FROM THE RESIDENCE
INTERACTED WITH THE 2X BARRELS IN THE BACK AND THE BONGO DEPARTED AT 09232.
FROM 09422 TO 10072, ~TRANSITED TO NEXT POINT. FROM 10072 TO 11222,~
SCANNED IVO COI 2 (37SEV98~~ FOR EEI RELATED ACTIVITY, NSTR. FROM 11222 TO
11372, ~SCANNED IVO DAYR AZ ZAR PARKING AFLD (37SFV0~~ FOR EEI
RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 11342, 2X TELARS WITH 3 ROCKETS LOADED WERE INACTIVE.
FROM 11372 TO 12432, ~SCANNED IVO COI 2 (37SEV9aiial151Tia] FOR EEI RELATED
ACTIVITY, NSTR. AT 12432, TF CHOSIN STA CLEARED ~OFF TASKING AND~
RETURNED TO BASE

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Declassified on: 8 October 2025

• Supported Unit: TF CHOSIN
• Supported Operation~----1.-4a_ _ __
• Precoord Time: 103 MINUTES
• Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY

WEATHER
• Weather. (:fflCM'f;'J'J.tBt: 'P0 M&li:, Fl/~7I) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR

EFFECTIVENESS
• Tasker:
• Intel Gap Filled?:
• Gentext: -

UAP
• Initial Contact DTG: 310239:00ZJUL22
• MDS Type/ Asset Type: • Tail Number~ 1.4a, 1.4g
• Friendly Aircraft Location: 37SFU4~81ua
• Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 19,359 FT
• Friendly Aircraft Speed: 116 KTS
• Friendly Aircraft State: • Training Range (If applicable): • Operational Range: • UAP Physical State: • Number of UAP Sighted:
• UAP Signatures: No
• UAP RF Frequency: • UAP RF Duration: • UAP Effects on Persons:
• Full Name:
• Email:
• Phone Number (VOSIP/STE):
• UAP First Seen Location: 37SFU2~~
• UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured): -

I

GENTEXTIUAP
• UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): fMlE!ft:B51'/lN0F8ftili'
AT 310239Z,!
1.4a
IOBSERVED AN UAP EVENT IYO 37SFU2~~IN KP 9.
THE UAP OCCURED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WITH THE UAP MOVING FROM N TO S.

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