CASE FILE D-74
The Report That Says 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon'
2026-08-23 · Declassified UAP records
In November 2023, a U.S. aircraft flew a long full-motion video and signals-intelligence collection mission over Syria, moving between tasking areas for close to a full day.
According to the declassified USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 9381202), at 2153 Zulu the crew logged, in the military's own words, an 'unidentified aerial phenomenon.'
The report points to a description — 'UAP 1' — but that entry, along with the launch base, the crew's unit, and the exact coordinates, is redacted under national-security exemption 1.4a.
Notably, the report does not hedge with the word 'possible.' It records an unidentified aerial phenomenon, observed and recorded on full-motion video — then withholds what it showed.
Below is the declassified page, redactions preserved.
The Document
SECRET//NOFORN November 2023
UAP Mission Report — Syria (November 2023)
Narrative
(SECRET//NOFORN) AT 0217Z, ████████1.4a TOOK OFF FROM ████████1.4a AT 0229Z, ████████1.4a HANDED OVER FROM THE ████████1.4a PROCEEDED TO FRAGGED TASKING TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. AT 0217Z, ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ████████1.4a DID NOT ARRIVE ONSTATION AT 38S MB 48 ████████1.4a 86 ████████1.4a (SEE ON/OFF-STATION 1). AT 0355Z, ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ████████1.4a ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0431Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 37S FU 81 ████████1.4a 06 ████████1.4a (SEE ISR 2). AT 0539Z, ████████1.4a WAS 7-LINED TO SUPPORT DATA MASKED. ████████1.4a ARRIVED ON-STATION AT 0805Z, CHECKED IN WITH DATA MASKED, AND PERFORMED FMV/SIGINT COLLECTION AT 38S MB 48 ████████1.4a 86 ████████1.4a (SEE ISR 3). AT 2153Z, ████████1.4a OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON AT 37D ST 69 ████████1.4a 07 ████████1.4a (SEE UAP 1). AT 1933Z, ████████1.4a RETURNED TO BASE. AT 2254Z, ████████1.4a HANDED BACK TO THE ████████1.4a AT 2319Z, ████████1.4a LANDED AT ████████1.4a FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY ████████1.4a ████████1.4a (SECRET//NOFORN) (S/RELIDO)
Admin
- OPERATION: INHERENT RESOLVE
- COCOM: USCENTCOM
- UNIT: 1.4a
Declassified 2048 — AARO release · USCENTCOM Mission Report — Approved for Release to AARO
Where It Happened
Full Transcript
In its own words, this military report doesn't say 'possible.' It says the crew observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon — over Syria, at night.
November 2023. A U.S. aircraft was flying full-motion video and signals-intelligence collection over Syria, working between tasking areas for nearly a full day.
Then, at 21:53 Zulu, the log records it: observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The report points to the description, 'UAP 1' — and that entry is blacked out.
This is the declassified USCENTCOM report. The launch base, the crew's unit, the coordinates, and the object's description are all redacted 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.