Mission Report: Arabian Gulf, 2020 (DOW-UAP-D5)

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.

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

- **DOW-UAP-D5, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020** (Department of War, 2020-06-15 · Arabian Gulf) — 6 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).*