Dept. of DefenseUnresolved

1x probable UAP observed via FMV — Arabian Gulf, date redacted (2020)

~2020Arabian Gulf (approx.)

Analysis — our summary

A heavily redacted mission report (most text redacted under 1.4(a)) documents a single probable UAP observation over the Arabian Gulf. The observation section states the aircraft observed '1X PROB UAP' at a redacted MGRS grid (beginning with '3SK...') with no mission impact noted; tasking continued. The method of observation is listed as FMV and the observed activity description is 'TRANSITTING.' All other mission details, including date, time, and aircraft type, are redacted.

As reported — verbatim from the document

“"AT 12467, [RB OBSERVED 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519. NO MISSION IMPACT, [continued] ORIGINAL TASKING." / "Observed Activity Description: TRANSITTING" / "Method of Observation: FMV"”

Analyst notes — caveats & confidence

Document is almost entirely redacted under 1.4(a). OCR quality is very poor; the 'AT 12467' likely represents a partial or corrupted DTG. The MGRS coordinate '3SKT4255899519' appears partially OCR-garbled (standard MGRS grid zone '3S' would place this in the Arabian Gulf region, consistent with document title). Year inferred as 2020 from collection batch context (batch_06 DoD 2020). No date, time, shape, size, or other UAP characteristics are recoverable from the text. Confidence very low.

Provenance

Source documentDOW-UAP-D6-Mission-Report-Arabian-Gulf-2020.pdf

Document typemission report

Reporting agencyDept. of Defense

Source pages7

DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)

Held classified~6 years (≥, to this release)

Extraction confidence LowHow cleanly this record could be parsed from the source — driven by legibility & redaction. It is not a measure of how credible or anomalous the sighting is.