DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016

Agency
Department of War
Release date
2026-05-08
Incident time
11/18/16
Incident location
Syria
Type
PDF
Redacted
Contains official redactions (not reconstructed)

Summary (AI-generated; the original is authoritative)

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 ev

How to cite

U.S. Department of War — PURSUE program (war.gov/ufo), release_1, 2026-05-08. "DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016". Transcribed and translated via UFOlens.com. https://www.ufolens.com/mdf/doc/dow-uap-d55-mission-report-syria-november-2016 (retrieved via UFOlens)

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  title = {DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016},
  howpublished = {U.S. Department of War, PURSUE program (war.gov/ufo), release_1; via UFOlens.com},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Public domain (17 U.S.C. \S 105). Transcription/translation: UFOlens.com},
  url = {https://www.ufolens.com/mdf/doc/dow-uap-d55-mission-report-syria-november-2016}
}

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