# The Mission Report That Only Says 'Detected 1x UAP'

- Case: D-27
- Published: 2026-08-20
- Canonical URL: https://ufodata.org/library/the-mission-report-that-only-says-detected-1x-uap
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CgQT-gUa6U
- Location: Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates — mission origin (Oct 2023)
- Source: UFOData.org case library (https://ufodata.org/library/)

> 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…

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, [redacted]  [redacted] TOOK OFF FROM OMAM VIA SLR. [redacted]  [redacted] PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING. AT 1822Z, [redacted]  [redacted] WAS 7-LINED. [redacted]  [redacted] DID NOT ARRIVE ON-STATION DUE TO WX RTB (SEE ON/OFF STATION 1). AT 2256Z, [redacted]  [redacted]  [redacted]  [redacted] CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 1). AT 0444Z, CONDUCTED A NON-INTERFERENCE BASIS TASKING (SEE NIB 2). AT 0457Z, DURING RTB [redacted]  [redacted] DETECTED 1X UAP (SEE UAP 1). AT 0405Z, [redacted]  [redacted] RETURNED TO BASE. AT 0713Z, [redacted]  [redacted] 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

## 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.

One UAP. Zero description. What do you think they detected? Search Case D-27 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.