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Mission Report, Iraq, 2022

File

DOW-UAP-D106

Type

Document, 6 pages

Agency

Department of War

Date

2022

Place

Iraq

Released

Release 6, September 18, 2026

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The government's description

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 the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (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. This mission report accompanies still imagery derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR130 and DOW-UAP-PR 131).

A U.S. military operator reported observing UAP “flying sporadically within the target area… at various speeds between 80 and 180 miles per hour.” The reporter estimates the size of the UAP as between 1 and 2 meters (approximately 3-6 feet), and states that they were unable to determine the altitude of the phenomena. 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.

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Misrep 7468013
Narrative

AT0614Z, j
1.4a
!TOOKOFFLATEFROM! 1.4g !DUETOWEATHERAT
THE LRE. AT 06242.! 14a !HANDED OVER FROM THE LRE. FROM 06402 TO 0005Z,! 1.4a I
COLLECTED SIGINT VIA AIRHANDLER VERSION 2. FROM 10542 TO 21 00Z, I 1.4a I
SUPPORTED OP!
1.4a
!IVO 38SMD3rn41.iia] ISO MAG (SEE ISR 1). (S//REL) AT
20262! 1.4a !WAS SCANNING POI IVO 38SMD38W54iw AND PERIODICALLY OBSERVED
UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA OF 92AS. ACCORDING TO THE
h .4a, 1.4dMTS, THE UAPs WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE
WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE UAPs WERE APPROXIMATELY
1-2 METERS. THE UAPs DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION. (SEE OBS 1) AT 21002,! 1.4a !WAS
CLEARED TO RTB. AT 00142, ~DED BACK TO THE LRE.AT 00392, CDR74 LANDED
AT OKAS. FMV WAS EXPLOITED BY DGS 1.

Admin

CLASSIFICATION
• Classification
• Associated Caveats:
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20470506

OPERATION
• Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th
• Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC
• Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM

MSGJD
• Report Type: MISREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 196 ATKS
• Submit Date (Auto-generated):

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MSNID
• Tasking Order (ATO): AA
• Mission Type: RECONNAISSANCE
• ATO Mission Number:~
• Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES
• Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE

Poe

POC
• Rank: TSgt
• Full N ame: _1_ 3-.5-c-,(b-)(-6)- • Unit: 163 ATKW
• Wing: 163 AW
• Phone Number~.5c, (b)(§)
• Email: ._!________3.__5c_.,,(._b.._)(6...,l_ _ _ ___.
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: Other

QC
• Rank: Ctr
• Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Unit: 15AF, Det 1, PAROC
• Wing: Other
• Phone Number: I 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Email:!
3.5c, (b)(6)
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: Other

I

APPROVER
• Rank: SSgt
• Full N ame:lr--3-.5-c,-(b-}(_6_) -,
• Unit: ISRD
• Wing: 379 AEW
• Phone Number:-!- 3-.5-c,-(-b}-(6-) • Email:...
l _ _ _ _3._5c_,___(b___)(___
6}_ _ ____.
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC

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INGEST
• Rank:
• Full Name:
• Unit:
• Wing:
• Phone Number:
• Email:
• Service:
• Operations Center:

ACEQUIP

ACEQUIP
• Aircraft Callsign: I
1.4a
• Radar Name or Destination:
• Radar Software Load or Mission Data:
• Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) Name or Designator:
• RWR Software Load or Mission Data:
• MWS Name or Designator:
• MWS Software Load or Mission Data:
• IRCM Name or Designator:
• IRCM Software Load or Mission Data:
• ECM Name or Designator:
• ECM Software Load or Mission Data:
• CMD Name or Designator:
• Chaff Designator:
• Num Chaff or Cartridges:
• Flare Designator:
• Num Flares:
• Towed Decoy Name or Designator:
• Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data:
• Num Towed Decoys:
• Type of Radar-Guided AAM:
• Num Radar-Guided AAM:
• Type of IR-Guided AAM:
• Num IR-Guided AAM:
• Gun Name or Designator:
• Num Gun Rounds:
• Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each:
• TGT Pod Name or Designator: ANDAS4
• Additional Avionics: AHv2
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• Data Link:
• Gentext:

Timeline

Takeoff
• Callsign:I
1.4a
• Number of Aircraft:,[1
• Asset Type (Aircraft): ,...'.4a
1-- ,-1-.4g-l
• Aircraft Tail Number(s): I 1.4g
• Takeoff Location (ICAO Code):,...!_1_
.4g_ --.
• Takeoff Time DTG: 050614:00ZMAY22
• Mode 3 (IFF Codes): 2232
• Gentext/Additional Details:
,__--:.:.
1.4-=-=a'---_,IDELAYED TAKEOFF DUE TO WX AT THE

LRE.
• Mission Canceled:

On Station
• Time On Station DTG: 050624:00ZMAY22
• Callsign:f
1.4a
• JTARNumber:
• Killbox (Location): 91AS5
• Mission Type: RECONNAISSANCE
• JTAC Callsign:
• Gentext/Additional Details:
• Did not Arrive On Station:

I

OffStation
• Time Off Station DTG: 060014:00ZMAY22
• Total Time On Station: 17 hours 50 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details:

Landing
• Last Land Location (ICAO Code):! 1.4g
• Last Land Time: 060039:00ZMAY22
• Last Engine Shutdown Time: 060049:00ZMAY22
• Total Mission Time: 18 hours 25 minutes
• Gentext/Additional Details:

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JSR
• Time-on Station DTG: 051054:00ZMAY22
• Time-off Station DTG: 052100:00ZMAY22
• Aircraft Callsign: I
1.4a
I
• Msn Type: RECON
• Primary Sensor: ANDAS4
• Sensors Available: AHv2
• Tasking Type: Planned
• Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): ~
• BE Number (if NTISR):
• Tasked Start Point: 38SMD38!1.4al5~
• Activity Description: ISR
• FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR):
• EEis Observed:
• Number of EEis:

GENTEXTIISR
• Gentext: • •I)
ua
I COORDINATED WITH MAG 409 MINUTES PRIOR TO
TAKE OFF. PRE-COORDINATION WAS SATISFACTORY DUE TO THE SUPPORTED UNIT
PROVIDING ADEQUATE MISSION INFORMATION. AT l054Z, ! 1.4a !ARRIVED ON OP
PHANTOM FLEX ISO MAG AND CONDUCTED FMV AND SI. AT 2100Z, ! 1.4a !WAS CLEARED
OFF STATION AND RETURNED TO BASE.

JSR ASSET UTILIZATION
• Supported Unit: MAG
• Supported Operation: OP!
1.4a
• Precoord Time: 409 MINUTES
• Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY

WEATHER
• Weather: (U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

EFFECTIVENESS
• Tasker:
• Intel Gap Filled?: Yes
• Gentext:

OBSERVATION

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• Observation DTG: 052026:00ZMAY22
• Aircraft Callsign:l
1.4a
I
• Aircraft Location: 38S MD 41~ 4~
• Aircraft Heading: -75
• Aircraft Altitude: FL200
• Aircraft Airspeed: 100 KIAS
• Relative Bearing or Clock Position:
• Range: 4.98NM
• Killbox & Keypad: 91AS
• Observed Activity Location: 38SMD3~ ; @
• Observed Activity Description: UAS
• Method of Observation: FMV
• EEis Observed:
• Number of EEis:

GENTEXTIOBSERVATION
• Gentext: - -1) AT 20262 I 1.4a !WAS SCANNING POI IVO 38SMD38WS4Iuii}AND
PERIODICALLY OBSERVED UAPS FLYING SPORATICALLY WITHIN THE TARGET AREA OF
92AS. ACCORDING TO THEb.4a, 1.4glMTS, THE UAPs WERE TRAVELLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS
BETWEEN 80-180 MPH. WE WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE ALTITUDE. THE SIZE OF THE
UAPs WERE APPROXIMATELY 1-2 METERS. THE UAPs DID NOT HINDER THE MISSION.

WEATHER
• Weather:

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