DOW-UAP-D65, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, July 2020

Agency
Department of War
Release date
2026-05-08
Incident time
7/16/20
Incident location
Persian Gulf
Type
PDF
Redacted
Contains official redactions (not reconstructed)

Summary (AI-generated; the original is authoritative)

This document is a Range Fouler Debrief, a standardized reporting form the U.S. Navy uses to record the circumstances surrounding an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during active military operations or training. These reports contain a narrative description of the observer’s experiences.
A U.S. military operator reported observing a “solid white object [fly] through the [field-of-view]. The reporter described the UAP as making erratic [movements] above the water.
All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation a

How to cite

U.S. Department of War — PURSUE program (war.gov/ufo), release_1, 2026-05-08. "DOW-UAP-D65, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, July 2020". Transcribed and translated via UFOlens.com. https://www.ufolens.com/mdf/doc/dow-uap-d65-mission-report-persian-gulf-july-2020 (retrieved via UFOlens)

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  title = {DOW-UAP-D65, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, July 2020},
  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-d65-mission-report-persian-gulf-july-2020}
}

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