Dept. of DefenseUnresolved
UAP sighting 2 — Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf area, 1920Z 16 Jul 2020
Jul 16, 2020Arabian Gulf (MGRS 39RUN, redacted grid) (approx.)19,000 ft
Analysis — our summary
A second UAP observation was logged at 1920Z on 16 July 2020 during the same ISR mission (Misrep 4472514) over the Arabian Gulf. The aircraft was at FL190 and heading 034M. The observed activity location is given as MGRS 39RUN with sub-grid redacted. No further physical description of the UAP is available in the document text.
As reported — verbatim from the document
“"AT 19202 [REDACTED] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO [REDACTED MGRS]"”
Analyst notes — caveats & confidence
Second of three UAP observations from mission Misrep 4472514. Heavily redacted. Aircraft at 90 KIAS, FL190, heading 34M. UAP description entirely absent. Location approximated to Arabian Gulf centroid.
Provenance
Source documentDOW-UAP-D65-Mission-Report-Persian-Gulf-July-2020.pdf
Document typeMISREP
Reporting agencyDept. of Defense
Source pages8
DeclassifiedFirst public at this release (2026)
Held classified~6 years (≥, to this release)
Extraction confidence ModerateHow 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.