Awaiting editorial reviewSerial 0c6556bc-86db-462c-94f1-3bd65d7db70a

DOW-UAP-D7: Mission Report, Arabian Gulf UAP Balloon-Like Object, 2020

Prepared summary.

A U.S. military operator reported observing a UAP over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, describing it as looking "like a balloon, similar to previously reported UAP from 48FW." The report states the UAP was traveling with the winds at 31,000 ft MSL and was tracked as a Weapons Quality 1 track. The operator visually identified the UAP using a TFLIR sensor. The operator's identity is redacted under exemption 1.4(a).

Arabian Gulf Unnamed military operatorOrb

Source text

Document text

[page 6]
## GENTEXT/UAP

• UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): LOOKS LIKE A BALLOON, SIMILAR TO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UAP FROM 48FW.

• Gentext (UAP Event Description): (SECRET) OBSERVED A WEAPONS QUALITY 1 TRACK OF A UAP TRAVELING WITH THE WINDS AT 31,000 FT MSL IVO 323'S. 1.4(a) WAS ABLE TO MAKE A NEXT TO SHOOT ON THE TRACK AND VISUALLY ID THE UAP IN THE TFLIR.

Image notes

2 visual notes

Page 6

The image contains the text "1.4(a)" in red. Below this, there are four black rectangular areas of varying lengths. The exact content of these black areas is obscured.

Page 6

1.4(a)

Case: PURSUE-RELEASE-01
Serial: 0c6556bc-86db-462c-94f1-3bd65d7db70a
Date: 2020-01-01 (low)
Location: Arabian Gulf
Witnesses: Unnamed military operator (anonymous source group)
Agencies: FBI
Pages: [1,7)

Incident date: 2020-01-01 (low)
Object: Balloon-like UAP; traveling with the winds at 31,000 ft MSL; observed as a Weapons Quality 1 track; visually identified via TFLIR (targeting forward-looking infrared) sensor; described as similar to previously reported UAP from 48FW
Outcome: unresolved

Key quotes

LOOKS LIKE A BALLOON, SIMILAR TO PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UAP FROM 48FW.
Page 6 / Primary physical description of the UAP and cross-reference to a prior 48th Fighter Wing sighting.

OBSERVED A WEAPONS QUALITY 1 TRACK OF A UAP TRAVELING WITH THE WINDS AT 31,000 FT MSL IVO 323'S.
Page 6 / Establishes track quality, altitude, and approximate bearing/location of the UAP event.

1.4(a) WAS ABLE TO MAKE A NEXT TO SHOOT ON THE TRACK AND VISUALLY ID THE UAP IN THE TFLIR.
Page 6 / Documents the sensor modality (TFLIR) used for visual identification and the fire-control solution achieved; operator identity is redacted under 1.4(a).