A UAP near the Strait of Hormuz whose observation line is missing from the release (2 October 2020)
This is a mission report (MISREP 4871281) from a 482nd Attack Squadron mission flown from OKAS. The aircraft took off at 2249Z on 1 October 2020 and was on ISR station from 0117Z to 1835Z on 2 October. The narrative says that at 1829Z the crew observed one UAP and refers the reader to "observation line 1". That observation line does not appear anywhere in the eight released pages. The same mission logged five guard calls, and heavy haze prevented imagery analysis. As released, the report records only that a UAP was seen. *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]. All eight pages were read; pages 2-4 hold administrative, equipment and timeline fields only.*
Evidence, in date order (1)
- 2 Oct 2020482nd Attack Squadron mission report (Department of War)documentofficial report DOW-UAP-D63 logging the UAP DOW-UAP-D63 original file, via mirror
How plausible · Moderate
A mission report records a UAP; the observation line is missing from the release.
- ●●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 1829Z, [redacted] OBSERVED 1X UAP, SEE OBSERVATION LINE 1." (DOW-UAP-D63, p. 1; read from the page image)
- "(U) HEAVY HAZE PRECLUDED IMINT ANALYSIS" (DOW-UAP-D63, p. 5; read from the page image)
- Five guard calls (0727Z, 0854Z, 1122Z, 1236Z, 1315Z), noted as "Professional/Directive" with "Standard Response 1". The intelligence gap was not filled. The crew observed an unidentified aircraft at Abu Musa (ATR 72-500) and a NASER WAP at Bushehr. (DOW-UAP-D63, pp. 1, 5-7, read from the page images)Iran's Air Force and the luminous objects over its nuclear sites
- Unit 482 ATKS, Wing 432 AEW; mission type AREC; takeoff 012249:00ZOCT20 from OKAS; ISR on station 020117Z-021835Z; landed 021953Z; total mission time 21 hours 4 minutes. Declassified 16 March 2026; release stamp "USCENTCOM MDR 26-0028 ... 03/16/26". (DOW-UAP-D63, pp. 2, 4)