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Five UAP cross an ISR feed over Iraq; one like a missile, four like birds (6 May 2022)

On the record
Strength C · 6/10
Evidence 4/4 · Witnesses 2/3 · Backing 0/3

An official mission report logs five UAP on an ISR aircraft's full-motion video; the crew's bird and missile impressions are unconfirmed.

Plausibility High
Score 12 · 7 factors for, 0 against

Five UAP crossed an ISR feed; the crew read four as possible birds and one as a possible missile.

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Natural cause proposed, not demonstrated
DOW-UAP-D10 · page 1 of 6 · war.gov file, via the ufotransparency.com mirror
When6 May 2022, 1514Z-1934Z
WhereIraq (MGRS 38S MC 53/54; war.gov title says "Middle East")

On 6 May 2022 an Operation Inherent Resolve ISR aircraft doing target development saw five UAP fly across its full-motion video (FMV) between 1514Z and 1934Z. The first looked like a possible missile, with the missile type redacted. The crew judged that the other four fitted the profile of possible birds. Dust hindered most FMV collection of the ground. DOW-UAP-PR19 is a byte-identical copy of the same PDF published under an "Unresolved UAP Report" number. The report itself proposes birds for four of the five objects and a possible missile for the first. Neither is confirmed. *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 · High

Five UAP crossed an ISR feed; the crew read four as possible birds and one as a possible missile.

  • ●●
    Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
  • ●●
    No gain sought An official reporting form.
  • ●●
    Restraint The crew offers its own bird reading.
  • ●●
    Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
  • ●●
    Physical traces or official reaction Sensor track with video confirmed.
  • ●○
    Character record An official report; crew names withheld.

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 1514Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP (SEE OBSERVATION 1)." (DOW-UAP-D10, p. 1)
  • "FROM 1514Z to 1934Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 5X UAP FLY ACROSS THE SCREEN. AT 1514Z [redacted] OBSERVED A UAP WITH THE VISRECCE OF A POSSIBLE [redacted] MISSILE FLY ACROSS THE FOV" (DOW-UAP-D10, p. 6)
  • "PROCEEDED TO SEE 4X OTHER UAPS IN THEIR FOV UNTIL 1934Z. ALL 4X REMAINING UAP FIT CLOSER TO THE PROFILE OF POSSIBLE BIRDS." (DOW-UAP-D10, p. 6)Iraq, 5 May 2022: two ISR sorties report 1-2 m "UAPs" at 80-180 mph
  • "DUST HINDERED MOST FMV COLLECTION OF THE GROUND." (DOW-UAP-D10, p. 6)
  • Observation block: DTG 061514:00ZMAY22; "Observed Activity Description: 1X UAP"; "Method of Observation: FMV". (DOW-UAP-D10, p. 6)
  • Operation INHERENT RESOLVE; MAJCOM AFCENT; mission type XCAS; declassification date field 20470506. (DOW-UAP-D10, pp. 1-2)

Claims

Five UAP crossed the sensor view over about four hours. (firsthand; the redacted ISR crew; anonymous)firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
The first resembled a possible missile. (firsthand impression; same; anonymous)firsthandSourced, unconfirmed
The other four fitted the profile of possible birds. (analysis; same crew; anonymous)anonymousSourced, unconfirmed

Where

Iraq (MGRS 38S MC 53/54; war.gov title says "Middle East")
33.0°N 43.5°E · region only
‹ Previous in Middle East sensor reportsFour areas of contrast cross an infrared view over water: "4 UAP Formation Iran" (26 August 2022)49 of 72Next in Middle East sensor reports ›"Possible UAP/UAV" near Baghdad, not followed (1 December 2022)

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