DOW-UAP-D005 — Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

Official PURSUE description (Department of War / AARO, release 01):

This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing two UAP traveling at an estimated speed of 278 knots (320 mph. The observer reported that the UAP “increased speed and changed direction towards the south.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

Note. Despite the title "Arabian Gulf", the report's two grid references (34S CE 75669 90098 and 35T QK 15809 95057) convert to about 36.05°N 19.62°E (Ionian Sea, west of Greece) and 45.08°N 29.74°E (Black Sea, off Romania).