CASE FILE D-42
Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over the 482 ATKS Region (August 2023)
2026-08-14 · Declassified UAP records
In August 2020, a U.S. military aircraft operating over 482 ATKS recorded an unidentified object its crew could not explain.
The encounter is documented in an official 482 ATKS mission report, declassified and released through AARO — the Pentagon's UAP office.
The report confirms the crew a pilot tracked an initial object that was surpassed by another object of same size and shape but much higher speed; at one point three objects were on the screen moving amongst each other.. 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 31 Aug 2020
USCENTCOM Range Fouler Debrief Form (31 Aug 2020)
Range Fouler Debrief Form
- Date: 31 AUG 2020 · Dusk · Mission: ISR · LFE: No
- Squadron: 482 ATKS · Rank: O-2 · Crew position: Pilot
- Contact altitude: 18,000 ft · Altitude constant: Yes · Contact moving: Yes · Direction/Speed: 150/230
- Shape: Other · Apparent propulsion: checked
MGRS Grid of initial contact: 39RWL2 ██████████████(b)(1)1.4a
Contact Description (aircrew's own words)
Saw the initial object fly through the screen and started tracking it. Initial object was surpassed by another object of same size and shape but much higher speed. At one point during tracking the objects, there were three on the screen at the same time moving amongst each other.
Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison — Approved for Release to AARO (USCENTCOM MDR 26-0028); FOUO / Privacy Act applies. · U.S. Department of War — PURSUE UAP release (DOW-UAP-D42)
Full Transcript
A pilot tracking one object suddenly realized it had been surpassed by another—same size, same shape, but much faster. Then a third appeared, and all three moved amongst each other on the screen.
It was August 2020, in a U.S. operating area. The mission report is real, filed by a 482 ATKS pilot at dusk, and it describes a moment that defies normal air traffic.
This is the declassified document. But look at it—heavily redacted. Details blacked out under national security and privacy exemptions. The operation itself is hidden.
What were those objects? Why did the faster one overtake the first? And why were three moving together in a way no known aircraft should? The report doesn't say.
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Sources
All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.