An ISR crew records one UAP "transitting" over the Persian Gulf (8 August 2020)
This is a mission report (MISREP 4592219) from the 482nd Attack Squadron. The aircraft took off from OKAS at 0337Z on 8 August 2020 and flew ISR over the Persian Gulf from 0513Z. At 0726Z the crew observed one UAP, which the full-motion video recorded as "TRANSITTING". The report says there was no impact on the mission, and the weather was not a factor in the observation. Later in the mission, at 1250Z, the aircraft received a guard call from Iranian air defence. Dense cloud intermittently affected the video. The report gives no description of the object. A Release 02 video, DOW-UAP-PR092, is titled "08 AUG 2020 ... UAP observation", but the release does not tie it to this report. *Method note: war.gov blocks this server. This mission report was read from the original PDF served by the ufotransparency.com mirror. Most of its pages are image-only or blacked out, so the quotations were read from the rendered page images. Redactions are shown as [redacted].*
How plausible · High
A mission report from the 482nd Attack Squadron records one UAP on full-motion video.
- ●●Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
- ●●No gain sought An official reporting form.
- ●●Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
- ●●Physical traces or official reaction Sensor track with video confirmed.
- ●○Restraint Describes motion and signature, no explanation.
- ●○Character record An official report; crew names withheld.
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On the record
- "AT 0726Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP IVO 39RWL08[redacted]52[redacted] NO IMPACT TO MISSION." (DOW-UAP-D60, p. 5; read from the page image)
- "Observed Activity Description: TRANSITTING" (DOW-UAP-D60, p. 5; read from the page image); method of observation FMV; weather "not a factor" in the observation block.
- Takeoff 080337Z AUG20 from OKAS; ISR on station 0513Z-2256Z. The aircraft received a guard call from Iranian Air Defense at 1250Z (p. 4), and dense cloud intermittently affected FMV (p. 6). These details were taken from the mirror's transcription and not re-checked against the image. Declassified 20 March 2026; release stamp MDR 26-0038 to 26-0046. (DOW-UAP-D60)