CASE FILE D-3
Four UAPs in 27 Seconds Over the Arabian Gulf
2026-08-29 · Declassified UAP records
In 2020, a U.S. crew flying over the Arabian Gulf logged an unusually clear UAP sighting — four objects in under thirty seconds.
According to the declassified USCENTCOM mission report, at approximately 1736 Zulu the crew observed four UAPs: one at 17:36:22, two more side by side at 17:36:30, and a fourth at 17:36:49.
The report states the objects were flying in the sensor's field of view — and that cloud coverage obstructed the crew from following them and getting a clear visual.
Four objects, logged to the second, two of them side by side — one of the clearest counts in these files, cut short by the weather.
Below is the declassified page, redactions preserved.
The Document
SECRET//NOFORN date unknown
UAP Mission Report — Arabian Gulf (date unknown)
Narrative
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Declassified 2048 — AARO release · (b)(1)1.4a Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO
Where It Happened
Full Transcript
In twenty-seven seconds, a U.S. crew over the Gulf logged four UAPs — two of them flying side by side.
2020, over the Arabian Gulf. At 17:36 Zulu, they started appearing in the sensor's field of view — one, then a pair, then one more.
The report logs each one to the second. At 17:36:22, one UAP. Eight seconds later, two more, side by side. Then at 17:36:49, a fourth.
Four objects, in under thirty seconds. Then cloud cover moved in — and the crew couldn't follow them or get a clear visual. The report says exactly that.
Four UAPs. One of the clearest counts in these files. What do you think they were? Search Case D-3 at ufodata.org. Subscribe to UFO Data.
Sources
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