CASE FILE D-32
Syria, October 2024: The UAP the Pentagon Won't Fully Explain
2026-08-05 · Declassified UAP records
In October 2024, a U.S. military aircraft during Operation Inherent Resolve operating over Syria 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 an unidentified arrieal phenomenon (see uap 1). 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 2024
UAP Mission Report — Syria (October 2024)
Narrative
(SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) AT 0823Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a TOOK OFF FROM OJMS VIA SLR. ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING. AT 0649Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED. ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 1102Z AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 37S FV 85 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a 81 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a (SEE ISR 1). AT 1158Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED. ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 1230Z AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 37S FU 36 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a 79 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a (SEE ISR 2). AT 1559Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED ARRIEAL PHENOMENON (SEE UAP 1). ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a AT 2252Z, WAS 7-LINED. ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 2318Z AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 37S FU 85 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a 81 ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a (SEE ISR 3). AT 0124Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a RETURNED TO BASE. AT 0447Z, ██████████(b)(1) ████████1.4a CONDUCTED SLR AND LANDED AT OJMS. FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY GET. 20:24 MISSION HOURS, 14:22 FMV HOURS, 3X FMV TASKINGS PROSECUTED, 13:02 SIGINT HOURS, 3X SIGINT TASKINGS. (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY)
Admin
- OPERATION: INHERENT RESOLVE
- COCOM: USCENTCOM
- UNIT: 12 SOS
Declassified 2049 — AARO release · USCENTCOM Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO
Where It Happened
Full Transcript
A declassified military file from Syria logs three words that change everything: 'OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED ARRIEAL PHENOMENON.'
October 2024, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. A crew on station in Syria, collecting video and signals intelligence, reports the sighting mid-mission.
The original report is so heavily redacted that nearly every operational detail is blacked out under national security and privacy exemptions.
What exactly did they see? The redactions hide the sensor data, the coordinates, the response. Only the log entry remains, and the mystery.
This exact file was cited in TIME's coverage of the Pentagon's UFO disclosure. Search Case D-32 at ufodata.org to read it yourself. Subscribe to UFO Data.
Sources
All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.