DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016
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.
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Declassified by MG Richard A. Hamson
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Declassified on: 20 M~
67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM
NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA
18 NOV 2016
J!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea•tem FLIGHT PATH
Mediterranean, P-IA, obe•rved an unidentified low-ftylng
object 86 nm northweet of Latakla from an unknown
origin, traveling at approx SOOK.TS on a •outheut•rly
heading outbound from KCTG, for ~2 minutes.
Timeline (Z):
(D (°ell P'IEl!sto18/131 OZ: P-8 observed a possible missile launch
IVQ 1.4a I from an origin unknown detected via
the EO/IR sensor. The possible missile appeared to be in
sea skim mode traveling at approximately 500KTS on a
southeasterly heading outbound from KCTG. P-8 position
. was 26NM S of object detection at 16121 F~ 1.4a
f2' (911 P't!I!) 18/13122: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO
~ 1.4a Iapprox. 40 NM northwest of Latakia. The
missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS
and 1x U/1 vessel.
Weather:
Uf P-8 aircrew charactenzeavisioilfty as clear, no range
limitations .
.~!~
(RUS) INGUL ARS US P-8A Location
13102:--
CTG 67.1 Comment§: The mission commander for P~8 characterized the interaction as safe. VVhile this was the first observed occurrence of
possible missile activity by P-8 aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean it is assessed to be standard activity consistent with the assessed activity of
fhe KCTG. Video footage can be found at this link. (b)(6l
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USCENTCOM MOR 26~038 to MOR 26~046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000001
