Chronicle year
2024
2024-10-31 / Location not stated
A SECRET//NOFORN email chain between a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician at 15 AF / DET 1 and an Information Disclosure Analyst discusses a mission report stating that on October 31, 2024, a U.S. aircraft observed a possible UAP described as oval/orb shaped, likely moving at a low speed, for over two hours. The correspondence concerns approval to include the incident year in an unclassified tear line, with only the month and day previously approved. Both personal identities are redacted under (b)(6) and no location is given.
2024-10-20 / Syria
A U.S. Air Force aircrew operating over Syria on October 20, 2024, reported observing a "misshapen and uneven ball of white light" on their Full-Motion Video feed between 1559Z and 1644Z, describing multiple "glares or light from unknown origin at different angles and directions" and a "light/glare halo effect" at the top of the FMV feed. The MISREP, filed by the 12th Special Operations Squadron under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, records the UAP physical state as "Plasma," propulsion means as "UNKNOWN," and notes the aircrew assessed the event as not a lasing event and "benign" with no mission impact.
2024-09-20 / Iraq
On September 20, 2024, a U.S. AFSOC crew conducting a weapons calibration at Ayn al Asad Airbase's ROZ RAINDROP, Iraq, observed an unidentified object "fly" through their MX-20 and MX-25 IR sensors at a high rate of speed after releasing an AGM-176 missile. The WSO and CSO reported the UAP created an IR lens flare on both sensors, indicating a significant heat source. The report notes it is unknown whether an object detached from the primary UAP before it left the sensor field of view, and no additional aircraft were reported in the airspace.
2024-07-14 / Gulf of Aden
A U.S. Air Force TSGT assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and 609 CAOC observed one UAP over the Gulf of Aden at 05:17Z on July 14, 2024, while conducting ISR in support of NAVCENT. The observer reported the UAP maintained a straight flight path at the same altitude, traveled northwest at low altitude, and moved faster than the observing aircraft's flying speed. The observer assessed the UAP as benign and followed it until the distance became too far to follow. The report was filed as MISREP 10194673 by the 124th Attack Squadron under USCENTCOM.
2024-06-07 / Gulf of Oman
A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman assigned to 3rd Special Operations Squadron, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, reported observing one UAP on June 7, 2024, at 0457Z while returning to base over the Gulf of Oman. The observer described a "glowing hot spherical unidentified object with a vertical unwavering cylindrical pole/bar attached on the bottom of the object," with a possible reflection in the water below, moving at an estimated 140 knots. The observer assessed the UAP as benign; propulsion means were listed as unknown, and no sensor interrogation was conducted.
2024-01-25 / Mediterranean Sea
A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman assigned to 33 SOS observed one UAP over the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, 2024, at 0509Z while in transit from LGLR. The observer reported the UAP was diamond-shaped with a non-maneuvering probe at the bottom, flying at approximately 434 knots, and visible only on the SWIR camera. The event lasted approximately two minutes, ending at 0511Z without further incident. The report, classified SECRET and originating under USCENTCOM, was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison on October 24, 2025, and approved for release to AARO on October 28, 2025.
2024-01-01 / Open grassy field / meadow (rural landscape, specific location unknown)