In January 2024, a U.S. military aircraft during Operation (B)(1)1.4A operating over Greece / Aegean recorded an unidentified object its crew could not explain.
The encounter is documented in an official USCENTCOM mission report, declassified and released through AARO — the Pentagon's UAP office.
The report confirms the crew observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon (see uap 1). But the specifics — position, sensors, identities — are withheld under national-security and privacy exemptions.
Below is the document itself, reconstructed with the redactions preserved, followed by the full narration transcript and the approximate location of the encounter.
(SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 0109Z, ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a CONDUCTED SLR TAKE OFF FROM LGLR. ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING TO SUPPORT ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a AT 0509Z, ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON (SEE UAP 1). ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a AT 0135Z, WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0635Z, CHECKED IN WITH ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 36R XV 19 ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a 63 ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a (SEE ISR 1). AT 1504Z, ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2149Z, ██████████(b)(1)████████1.4a LANDED AT LGLR. FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY GET. 20:40 MISSION HOURS, 08:29 FMV HOURS, 1X FMV TASKINGS PROSECUTED, 08:27 SIGINT HOURS, 1X SIGINT TASKINGS. (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) (S/RELIDO)
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OPERATION: (b)(1)1.4a
COCOM: USCENTCOM
UNIT: 33 SOS
Declassified 2049 — AARO release · USCENTCOM Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO
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Full Transcript
In January 2024, a U.S. military crew in the skies over the Aegean reported something they couldn't explain. The official report says only this: 'Observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon.'
The crew's exact words are brief, but the implications are enormous. A real U.S. Central Command mission report documenting a UAP encounter—no speculation, just the raw observation.
This is the declassified document, released through the Pentagon's UFO office, AARO. It's a genuine piece of military history—but the most critical details are missing.
Look closely at the redactions. Nearly every operational detail is blacked out, hidden under national security exemption 1.4a and privacy exemption b(6). What were they hiding? We may never know.
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