Iraq — 2023

Isishwankathelo (Iqulunqwe kumaxwebhu asekuqaleni, eyenziwe yi-AI; eyokuqala inegunya)

This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report.
A U.S. military operator reported observing “several bright objects maneuvering quickly” west to east northeast. The operator reported