Mission Report: United Arab Emirates, October 2023 (DOW-UAP-D27)

A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP at an estimated altitude of approximately 24,000 feet. The observer estimated the UAP’s speed as 163 knots (187 mph). 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 UAP at an estimated altitude of approximately 24,000 feet. The observer estimated the UAP’s speed as 163 knots (187 mph). 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-D27, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023** (Department of War, 2024-06-07 · Gulf of Oman) — 8 pages.

Source integrity: SHA-256 `86275421f6458356…`

*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

**Description:** SPHERICAL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT · **Altitude:** 23,999 ft MSL · **Speed:** 163 kts

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

> *(SECRET//NOFORN)*

> AT 2100Z, *[REDACTED — 1.4(a)]* TOOK OFF FROM OMAM VIA SLR. *[REDACTED — 1.4(a)]* PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING.

> AT 1822Z, *[REDACTED — 1.4(a)]* WAS 7-LINED. *[REDACTED — 1.4(a)]* DID NOT ARRIVE ON-STATION DUE TO WX RTB (SEE ON/OFF STATION 1).

> AT 2256

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

Source documents

DOW-UAP-D27, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
Department of War via PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026)

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