DOW-UAP-D074, Mission Report, Syria, November 2023
This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP “shaped as a bouncy ball.” The observer described the UAP as traveling “~424kn (483 mph) consistently for at least 7mins.” The reporter described the UAP approaching from the south. The operator assessed the object as “benign.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
The summary above is sourced from the released file metadata as published to war.gov. The analysis sections below are original to this tracker.
Text of the document
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies AT 0217Z, TOOK OFF FROM AT 0229Z, HANDED OVER FROM THE PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. AT 0217Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. DID NOT ARRIVE AT 0355Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0431Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT AT 0539Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0805Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT AT 2153Z, OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON AT 37D ST 69 AT 1933Z, RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2254Z, HANDED BACK TO THE AT 2319Z, LANDED AT FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY (S/RELIDO) Mission Narrative (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 0217Z, TOOK OFF FROM AT 0229Z, HANDED OVER FROM THE PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. AT 0217Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. DID NOT ARRIVE AT 0355Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0431Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT AT 0539Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ARRIVED ON-STATION AT Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies 0805Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT AT 1933Z, RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2254Z, HANDED BACK TO THE AT 2319Z, LANDED AT FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) • Classification: SECRET • Associated Caveats: NOFORN • Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MS • Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20481109 • Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Domain: AIR • Major Command (MAJCOM): • Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM • Report Type: MISREP • Originator (Unit or Squadron): • Submit Date: • Tasking Order (ATO): • Mission Type: ISR • ATO Mission Number: • Country Tasked: US -UNITED STATES Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Full Name: • Unit: Unavailable • Phone Number: • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC • Full Name: • Phone Number: • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: Other • Full Name: • Unit: Unavailable • Phone Number: • Service: Air Force • Operations Center: 609 CAOC • Full Name: • Phone Number: • Operations Center: Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Aircraft Callsign: • Number of Aircraft: 1 • Asset Type (Aircraft): Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): • Mission Canceled: • Last Land Location (ICAO Code): • Last Land Time: • Last Engine Shutdown Time: • Total Mission Time: On Station • Time On Station DTG: • Mission Type: ISR • JTAC Callsign: • Did not Arrive On Station: On Off Station • Time Off Station DTG: • Total Time On Station: On Station • Mission Type: ISR • JTAC Callsign: • Did not Arrive On Station: Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies Off Station • Total Time On Station: 1 hour 23 minutes • Aircraft Callsign: • Sensors Available: • Tasking Type: Dynamic • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Activity Description: TARGET DEVELOPMENT • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed: Yes • Number of EEIs: 1 • Global Campaign Plan: GCP - VEO (violent extremist group) • Gentext: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) UPON ARRIVAL TO THE SP AT 0431Z, OBSERVED NO EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 0528Z, IT WAS 1X VEHICLE PARKED E OF COI WAS ASSESSED AS A PROB IMINT MATCH TO VOI. AT 0539Z, RECEIVED A NEW TASKING. REMAINED ONTGT UNTIL PUSHING TO NEW COORDS AT 0554Z. (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) ISR ASSET UTILIZATION • Supported Unit: • Supported Operation: INHERENT RESOLVE • Precoord Effectiveness: SATISFACTORY • Weather: (UNCLASSIFIED) Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Intel Gap Filled?: Yes • Gentext: (UNCLASSIFIED) On Station • Mission Type: ISR • JTAC Callsign: • Did not Arrive On Station: Off Station • Total Time On Station: 11 hours 28 minutes • Aircraft Callsign: • Sensors Available: • Tasking Type: Dynamic • BE Number (if NTISR): - • Activity Description: TARGET DEVELOPMENT • FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR): - • EEIs Observed: Yes Approved for Release to AARO - FOUO/PA
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Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies • Number of EEIs: 2 • Global Campaign Plan: GCP - VEO (violent extremist group) • Gentext: (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) UPON ARRIVAL TO THE BUILDING AT 0805Z, OBSERVED 1X WHITE SUV WITH A REAR MOUNTED TIRE, ASSESSED TO BE PROB VOI WAS PARK ON THE N SIDE. 1X ADM ASSESSED TO BE PROB POI WAS INTERNAL TO THE BUILDING. ASSESSMENT, SLANT AND FOLLOW ON PROB VOI AND POI REULTING IN EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. DURING STOP 2, AT 0926Z, PROB POI AND 1X ADM EXITED THE S SIDE OF RESIDENCE AND ENTERED THE FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT OF THE PROB VOI. AT 0939Z, RECIVIED A PROB MATCH TO THE 1X ADM WHO EXITED THE S SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND ENTERED THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE PROB VOI. UPON LOST OF PID, RESET BACK TO AT 1632Z AND OBSERVED NO EEI RELATED ACTIVITY. AT 1719Z, 2X PREV OBSERVED ADMS WAS
Where this file fits in the PURSUE archive
This file is one of DoD's 257 files in the Trump PURSUE disclosure. Within the DoD agency block it ranks #200 of 257 by Anomalousness Index. Across the entire 450-file archive it ranks #374 of 450.
That places it in the lower-scoring band of the archive (374 of 450 by score), typical of investigative-record style files where the report is paper-based rather than instrumented.
Anomalousness Index: 53/100
Evidentiary weight that this encounter remains unexplained after conventional analysis. Not a probability of extraterrestrial origin - that number is not honestly computable from the released files and this tracker refuses to publish it.
🤖 AI-ASSISTED SCORING · methodology
The six rubric components break down for this file as follows. Each component has a weighted contribution to the final score; the per-component explanation below describes what this file's particular value on that component means in the rubric's framework.
No sensor, camera, or instrument backs this observation - it is testimony, relayed through the Department of War, and scored on the rubric's lowest sensor-quality tier for that reason. That doesn't bear on the witness's credibility (a separate axis); it reflects only that nothing beyond human perception recorded the event.
Reported by trained U.S. military personnel during an operational mission (11/9/23) - a high witness-credibility tier, ranked in the rubric below astronaut, trained-aviator, and federal-agent testimony. This profile is shared across the AARO-submitted infrared-capture cluster that anchors the archive's densest scoring band, at 66.
On corroboration, this file from the Department of War - like every single-tier file in the PURSUE archive - is a single-witness or single-instrument capture per the released metadata. The rubric doesn't infer multi-witness confirmation the summaries don't actually establish; this score reflects the honest limit of what was released, not a judgment about the underlying event.
The released file contains no speed, acceleration, or vector data precise enough to score on the kinematic axis - and that's true archive-wide, not specific to this file. The rubric declines to infer kinematic anomaly from a witness's narrative estimate of how fast something moved; that itself says something about what PURSUE actually released: descriptive accounts, not flight-path telemetry.
Every file in the archive, including this one, scores this tier: a conventional explanation was considered in the released record but isn't treated as dispositive. That's a pattern in how war.gov's own summaries are written - they consistently hedge against strong conclusions either way - and the rubric takes that hedging at face value rather than resolving it for them.
This file from the Department of War is catalogued as unresolved, with no formal review process having concluded - logged into the system, but not yet finalized by any review. The rubric treats that differently from 'open after review,' because the absence of a completed review is itself part of the file's status, not a placeholder for one.
Bottom line on the score: the Anomalousness Index of 53/100 reflects evidentiary weight that this specific file's encounter remains structurally unexplained by the rubric's six axes - it is not a claim that the underlying event involved anything non-conventional, and it is not comparable across rubrics that use different weights. For the full per-axis weights and the rubric JSON, see /methodology.
Related files in DoD
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DOW-UAP-PR024, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023
DOW-UAP-PR072, "ADMINISTRATIVE REVISION: IIR 1777 J0032 22 Kazakhstan - UAP in the vicinit…
DOW-UAP-PR106, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020
DOW-UAP-PR108, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020
DOW-UAP-PR109, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2015
DOW-UAP-PR110, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020
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