DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016
This document is a mission briefing summarizing an observation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) by a U.S. military platform near Latakia, Syria.A U.S. military pilot flying a P-8A aircraft reported observing an object via the aircraft’s EO/IR sensor, which they characterized as appearing to be in “sea skim mode,” traveling at approximately 500 knots (575 mph) on a southeasterly heading. The P-8A lost visual contact with the object after two minutes.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.
Anomalousness Index: 53/100
Evidentiary weight that this encounter remains unexplained after conventional analysis. Not a probability of extraterrestrial origin.
🤖 AI-ASSISTED SCORING · methodology
Related files in DoD
Other PURSUE files in the same category, ranked by Anomalousness Index.
DOW-UAP-PR43, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025
DOW-UAP-PR47, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2023
Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2022
Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022
Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, July 2022
Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022
Verification
SHA-256:
Source: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d55-mission-report-syria-november-2016.pdf