Circular UAP executing 90-degree turns over ocean surface — Greece/Eastern Mediterranean, October 2023

On 27 October 2023 at 0035Z, a redacted AFSOC ISR aircraft (33 SOS, 27 SOW, AFSOC/USCENTCOM) en route to its tasked area in the Greece/Eastern Mediterranean theater observed a UAP flying just above the ocean surface. The object was described as seemingly circular but too small to resolve detail, executing multiple 90-degree turns at an estimated speed of 80 mph. Visual contact was lost at 0038Z, approximately 3 minutes after initial detection.

“"THE UAP TOOK MULTIPLE 90 DEGREE TURNS AT AN ESTIMATED 80 MPH." / "SEEMINGLY CIRCULAR, TOO SMALL TO MAKE OUT DETAILS"”

Document declassified 22 January 2026 by USCENTCOM (MISREP 9329374). Aircraft callsign, tail number, MDS type, and precise MGRS coordinates are redacted. Departure airfield LGLR (Larissa Air Base, Greece) is unredacted. Operation name redacted under 1.4a. MGRS zone 35SKD corresponds to Greek Aegean coastal/island area; theater centroid used. Duration estimated from 0035Z to 0038Z = ~180 seconds. UAP Physical State listed as 'Solid.' No radar interrogation performed. OCR quality is moderate — some characters garbled from PDF scan. Confidence reduced for redacted positional data and single-sensor visual observation.