Location file

Gulf of Oman

MISREP 4871281 records that a U.S. military operator took off from OKAS on 1 October 2020 and, during a 21-hour NAVCENT support mission over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman, observed 1X UAP at 1829Z on 2 October 2020. The report references OBSERVATION LINE 1 for UAP details, but that section is not present in the released text. The document was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 16 March 2026 under MDR 26-0028 and approved for release to AARO.

Map coordinates

24.0000, 58.0000

2024-06-07 / unresolved

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.

Glowing hot spherical unidentified object