Mission Report: Syria, February 21, 2023 (DOW-UAP-D19)

A U.S. military operator reported observing one “possible balloon” at approximately 2,100 feet. 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.

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 one “possible balloon” at approximately 2,100 feet. 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.

**Released as part of PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026).** The Department of War published the following primary-source records:

- **DOW-UAP-D19, Mission Report, Syria, February 21, 2023** (Department of War, 2023-02-21 · Syria) — 10 pages.

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*Skeleton import — comprehensive narrative analysis pending. Sources are linked above; OCR-extracted text from the page images is available in the [PURSUE Open Atlas dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/alex-zhang42/ufo-pursue-open-atlas) (CC0).*

### From the declassified record

**Excerpted narrative (verbatim, with redactions indicated):**

> \*\*\*MSN AMENDS: 1.4a / DCA / ESSA / 0000-0334z v 0000-0300z / +0+34 extension d2 WL81 CANX / EE Ops, KN, KT, AL, EN APPV'D\*\*\*

> ~~(S//REL TO USA, FVEY)~~ 2320Z- 1.4a FLT, A 2-SHIP OF F-15E, TOOK OFF FROM MUWAFFAQ SALT AIR BASE (OJMS) ISO OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE TO CONDUCT DCA IVO ESSA. MISSION WAS NOT FLOWN AS FRAGGED D2 MSN AMENDS.

> ~~(S//REL TO USA, FVEY)~~ 2338

*Direct excerpt from the declassified document. Full document linked above.*

Source documents

DOW-UAP-D19, Mission Report, Syria, February 21, 2023
Department of War via PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026)

Primary sourceU.S. Department of War — PURSUE Release 01