CASE FILE D-54
Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over Mediterranean Sea (36°34'53"N 025°59'43"E) (date unknown)
2026-08-14 · Declassified UAP records
In date unknown, a U.S. military aircraft operating over Mediterranean Sea (36°34'53"N 025°59'43"E) recorded an unidentified object its crew could not explain.
The encounter is documented in an official U.S. military mission report, declassified and released through AARO — the Pentagon's UAP office.
The report confirms the crew during return to base at 1319z, one uap was observed while transiting over coordinates 363453n 0255943e at an altitude of 24,989 feet msl and speed of 168 knots.. 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.
The Document
SECRET//NOFORN
USCENTCOM Mission Report — Mediterranean Sea
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GENTEXT/UAP
- UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): 1X UAP DETECTED WITH DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS BEING A TRIANGULAR AND METALLIC UAP.
- Gentext (UAP Event Description): DURING RTB AT 1319Z, ████████1.4a OBSERVED 1X UAP WHILE TRANSITING OVER 363453N 0255943E FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 24,989FT MSL AND SPEED OF 168KTS.
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Released to AARO under PURSUE — the report is withheld almost in full under EO 13526 §1.4(a); the released UAP narrative is reproduced below, redactions preserved. · U.S. Department of War — PURSUE UAP release (DOW-UAP-D54)
Full Transcript
At 1,319 Zulu, a military crew on the way home spotted something they couldn't explain: a triangular, metallic object, hanging in the sky.
The date is redacted, and so is the operation. But the coordinates are clear — over the Mediterranean Sea, at nearly 25,000 feet, the UAP matched their speed.
The declassified report is heavily redacted — boxes and boxes of black ink, hiding the operation's details and the crew's identity under national security.
What was that triangle? Why was it there? The redactions keep the answers from view, leaving only the raw data: altitude, speed, and a shape that defies explanation.
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Sources
All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.