# Four UAPs in 27 Seconds Over the Arabian Gulf

- Case: D-3
- Published: 2026-08-29
- Canonical URL: https://ufodata.org/library/four-uaps-in-27-seconds-over-the-arabian-gulf
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmWRKBkrTLA
- Location: Arabian Gulf (2020)
- Source: UFOData.org case library (https://ufodata.org/library/)

> In 2020, a U.S. crew flying over the Arabian Gulf logged an unusually clear UAP sighting — four objects in under thirty…

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

[redacted]  [redacted] , [redacted]  [redacted]  [redacted]  [redacted]

#### Admin

- OPERATION: (b)(1)1.4a
- COCOM: (b)(1)1.4a
- UNIT: (b)(1)1.4a

Declassified 2048 — AARO release · (b)(1)1.4a Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO

## 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

- [PURSUE — U.S. Department of War UAP release portal](https://www.war.gov/ufo/)
- [National Archives — Record Group 615 (UAP records)](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/rg-615)
- [AARO — All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office](https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Records/)

All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.