CASE FILE D-27
October 2023: The United Arab Emirates UAP Report the Military Redacted
2026-08-07 · Declassified UAP records
In October 2023, a U.S. military aircraft during Operation Enduring Sentinel operating over United Arab Emirates 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 activity. 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 October 2023
UAP Mission Report — United Arab Emirates (October 2023)
Narrative
(SECRET//NOFORN) AT 2100Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a TOOK OFF FROM OMAM VIA SLR. ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING. AT 1822Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED. ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a DID NOT ARRIVE ON-STATION DUE TO WX RTB (SEE ON/OFF STATION 1). AT 2256Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 1). AT 0444Z, CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 2). AT 0457Z, DURING RTB ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a DETECTED 1X UAP (SEE UAP 1). AT 0405Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a RETURNED TO BASE. AT 0713Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a CONDUCTED SLR AND LANDED AT OMAM. 10:13 MISSION HOURS. (SECRET//NOFORN) (S/RELIDO)
Admin
- OPERATION: ENDURING SENTINEL
- COCOM: USCENTCOM
- UNIT: 3 SOS
Declassified 2049 — AARO release · USCENTCOM Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO
Where It Happened
Full Transcript
At 0457 Zulu, returning to base, a crew detected something the report can only call '1x UAP.' That's the entire description.
It's October 2023, over the United Arab Emirates, during Operation ENDURING SENTINEL. The mission lasted over ten hours, but one moment changed everything.
This is the declassified USCENTCOM report, released through AARO. It's a single page, but every key detail—the object, the actions, the outcome—is blacked out under national security and privacy exemptions.
What did they see? Why can't we know? The redactions leave only the skeleton: a takeoff, a return, and one unexplained detection. The rest is a shadow.
What do you think they encountered? Tell me in the comments. And if you want to read the full file, search case D-27 at ufodata.org. Subscribe to UFO Data.
Sources
All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.