CASE FILE D-27
The Mission Report That Only Says 'Detected 1x UAP'
2026-08-20 · Declassified UAP records
In October 2023, a U.S. aircraft took off from Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates on a mission for Operation Enduring Sentinel.
The mission ran for more than ten hours. According to the declassified USCENTCOM report (Misrep 10055709), it was routine — until 0457 Zulu, during the return to base, when the crew detected a single UAP.
The report's entire record of the object is two words: '1x UAP.' The section meant to describe it — the Mission Narrative — was released completely blank, and the surrounding details are redacted under national-security exemption 1.4a.
No shape, no size, no outcome. Just a timestamp, a base it flew from, and one unexplained detection on the way home.
Below is the declassified page, redactions preserved.
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
Ten hours into a classified mission over the Gulf, on the way home, a U.S. crew detected a UAP. The report's entire description of it? Two words: one UAP.
October 2023. The aircraft flew out of Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, on a mission for Operation Enduring Sentinel.
The log runs clean for ten hours. Then, at 0457 Zulu, during the return to base: detected one UAP. That is the whole entry.
The report even has a section meant to describe it, the Mission Narrative. It was released completely blank, blacked out under national-security exemption 1.4a.
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Sources
All documents and footage are authentic, public-domain U.S. government releases. Narration is AI-generated text-to-speech.