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2022 · near Baghdad, Iraq (MGRS 38S MB 4.8..)

"Possible UAP/UAV" near Baghdad, not followed (1 December 2022)

On the record
Strength C · 5/10
Evidence 3/4 · Witnesses 2/3 · Backing 0/3

An official mission report from a named squadron records one possible UAP that was not followed, with no signature recorded.

Plausibility Moderate
Score 10 · 6 factors for, 0 against

An ISR crew logged a possible UAP or UAV near Baghdad and did not follow it.

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Natural cause proposed, not demonstrated
DOW-UAP-D18 · page 1 of 6 · war.gov file, via the ufotransparency.com mirror
When1 December 2022, 1620Z
Wherenear Baghdad, Iraq (MGRS 38S MB 4.8..)

A 482nd Attack Squadron ISR aircraft supporting Operation Inherent Resolve near Baghdad saw one "possible UAP/UAV" flying west to east at 1620Z on 1 December 2022, while flying at FL180. The crew did not follow it and carried on with the mission. The report itself leaves open that it was an unmanned aerial vehicle. DOW-UAP-PR23 is a byte-identical copy of the PDF. *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

An ISR crew logged a possible UAP or UAV near Baghdad and did not follow it.

  • ●●
    Access The ISR crew tracked it on their own sensor.
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    No gain sought An official reporting form.
  • ●●
    Restraint The crew itself labels it possibly a UAV.
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    Checkable details check out Released in PURSUE.
  • ●○
    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

  • "OBSERVED POSSIBLE UAP." (DOW-UAP-D18, p. 1) The narrative places the sortie "IVO BAGHDAD, IRAQ".
  • "POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST" (DOW-UAP-D18, p. 6; text layer reads "lX" for "1X")
  • "DID NOT FOLLOW UAP." (DOW-UAP-D18, p. 6) / "CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED, NO FURTHER EVENTS WERE OBSERVED." (DOW-UAP-D18, p. 6)
  • UAP block: Initial Contact DTG 011620:00ZDEC22; friendly aircraft FL180; number of UAP 1; "UAP Signatures: No"; "UAP Effects on Persons: (U) NONE REPORTED". (DOW-UAP-D18, p. 6)
  • Originator "482ATKS"; weather "(U) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR"; declassification date field 20471202. (DOW-UAP-D18, pp. 1, 5)

Claims

One object flew west to east; the crew labelled it a possible UAP or UAV. (firsthand; 482 ATKS crew; anonymous)firsthandSourced, unconfirmed

Where

near Baghdad, Iraq (MGRS 38S MB 4.8..)
33.3°N 44.4°E
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