Mission Report, Iraq, September 2024

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SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY
Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 24 October 2025
• Kinetic Altitude:
• Kinetic Depth Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Depth:
• Kinetic Velocity Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Velocity:
• Kinetic Trajectory Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Trajectory:
• UAP Date of DoD Acquisition: 210000:00ZSEP24
• UAP Reaction to Observation, Interrogation, Engagement (yes/no; if yes, describe): NONE
OBSERVED; PATH OF MOVEMENT APPEARED PREDETERMINED AND NOT IN RESPONSE TO
(b)(1)1.4a
's DETECTION
• UAP Anomalous Characteristics/ Behaviors: IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER AN
OBJECT DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE PRIMARY UAP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LEAVING
THE SENSOR FIELD OF VIEW.
• First Accuracy: Precise
• Call Sign:
• UAP First Seen Location:
(b)(1)1.4a
• UAP Last Seen Location:
• UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured):
GENTEXT/UAP
• UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): UAP CREATED IR
LENS FLARE ON MX-20 & MX-25 SENSORS, INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT HEAT SOURCE.
THE UAP MOVED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED THROUGH THE SENSOR FIELD OF VIEW. THE
CREW MAINTAINED LASER ENERGY UNTIL THE MUNITION IMPACTED ITS DESIRED
TARGET. (b)(1)1.4a
DID NOT REOBSERVE THE UAP.
• Gentext (UAP Event Description): (S//REL TO USA, FVEY) (b)(1)1.4a
ENTERED AYN AL
ASAD AIRBASE's (AAAB) RESTRICTED OPERATING ZONE (ROZ) RAINDROP AT
APPROXIMATELY 1930Z TO CONDUCT A WEAPONS CALIBRATION. (b)(1)1.4a
RECEIVED A CALL FOR FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY 2025Z TO EMPLOY AN AGM-176. AFTER
WEAPONS RELEASE, THE WEAPONS SYSTEMS OFFICER (WSO) AND COMBAT SYSTEMS
OFFICER (CSO) OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT "FLY" THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT
SENSORS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE UAP CREATED AN IR LENS FLARE ON THE
MX-20 & MX-25 SENSORS, WHICH INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT HEAT SIGNATURE COMING
FROM THE OBJECT. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER AN OBJECT DETACHED
ITSELF FROM THE PRIMARY UAP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LEAVING THE SENSOR FIELD OF
VIEW. THE CREW MAINTAINED LASER ENERGY UNTIL THE MUNITION IMPACTED ITS
DESIRED TARGET. (b)(1)1.4a
DID NOT REOBSERVE THE UAP.
(S//REL) UAP EVENT SERIAL NUMBER IS CORRECT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE "CCMD
ASSIGNED NUMERICAL SEQUENCE," WHICH IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.
3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6)
SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY
USCENTCOM MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S
Approved for Release to AARO
10/28/25 006