A "bouncy ball"-shaped UAP keeps pace at about 424 knots for seven minutes (9 November 2023)
This is a mission report (Misrep 9381202) of an ISR mission doing target development over Iraq and Syria. While returning to base at 2153Z on 9 November 2023, the crew saw a probable UAP shaped like a "bouncy ball" come from the south at nearly the same altitude. It dropped altitude and passed the aircraft safely, holding about 424 knots throughout. After seven minutes it went out of range. The form records it as solid, benign, under no intelligent control and with no emissions. It also answers "YES" to "advanced capabilities", citing only the steady 424-knot speed for at least seven minutes. The timeline is inconsistent: the narrative has the aircraft returning to base at 1933Z and landing at 2319Z, but places the UAP "while RTB" at 2153Z. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. Each mission report was read from the original PDF served by the ufotransparency.com mirror. Quotations come from the PDF text layer and were checked against the page images where the scan is poor. Redactions are shown as [redacted]. Field names such as "Observer Assessment of UAP" are the form's own labels.*
How plausible · Moderate
A released mission report records an ISR crew's seven-minute sighting of an object holding about 424 knots.
- ●●Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
- ●●No gain sought An official reporting form.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
- ●○Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
- ●○Character record An official report; crew names withheld.
- ●○Fits the documented skeleton Part of the documented Range Fouler and PURSUE record.
Plausibility weighs how well an account fits where secrecy hides the documents by design, so missing records never count against it. Strength measures what is documented. Assessed 2026-10-23.
On the record
- "AT 2153Z, [redacted] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON AT 37D ST 69 [redacted] 07 [redacted] (SEE UAP 1)." (DOW-UAP-D74, p. 1)
- "WHILE RTB AT 2153Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X PROB HC UAP SHAPED AS A BOUNCY BALL COME FROM THE SOUTH AT NEAR CO-ALT. [redacted] OBSERVED THE PROB UAP DROP ALTITUDE AND SAFELY PASS THEIR AIRCRAFT WHILE CONSISTANTLY MAINTAINING ~424KN. AFTER 7MIN OF WATCHING, THE PROB UAP BECAME OUT OF RANGE AND [redacted] CARRIED ON THEIR RTB." (DOW-UAP-D74, p. 10)A UAP event lasting under a minute over Syria (31 July 2022)Glare and a "misshapen ball of white light" cross an ISR camera over Syria (20 October 2024)F-15E pair sees three possible UAP and a possible balloon near Shaddadi, Syria (21 February 2023)"Several bright objects" above FL600 seen by a 77 EFS flight (31 March 2023)Two range foulers circle each other, vanish "in 1/30th of a second", with strobes and noise jamming (27 October 2020)
- "NO EMISSIONS CAME FROM THE PROB UAP, UAP WAS NOT CONSIDERED A THREAT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE UAP HAD NO EFFECTS ON THE AIRCREW." (DOW-UAP-D74, p. 10)
- "UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): YES, TRAVELED ~424KN CONSISTANTLY FOR AT LEAST 7MINS IN THE SHAPE OF A BOUNCY BALL." (DOW-UAP-D74, p. 9)
- UAP block: "Observer Assessment of UAP: Benign"; "UAP Physical State: Solid"; "UAP Under Intelligent Control ...: NO"; "UAP Propulsion Means: UNK"; signatures and description redacted under 1.4g; serial "092153ZNOV2023-CENTCOM"; kinetic altitude "170" (estimated, units not given); kinetic velocity "424KN" (estimated). (DOW-UAP-D74, pp. 9-10)
- "AT 1933Z, [redacted] RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2254Z, [redacted] HANDED BACK TO THE [redacted] AT 2319Z," (DOW-UAP-D74, p. 1)