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CASE FILE D-4

The UAP That Sped Up and Turned - Arabian Gulf

2026-08-30 · Declassified UAP records

In 2020, over the Arabian Gulf, a U.S. crew logged a brief but striking UAP observation.

According to the declassified USCENTCOM mission report, at 1258 Zulu they observed a possible UAP traveling at an estimated 321 knots.

The report states the object then increased speed and changed direction toward the east. The contact was too brief to estimate its altitude.

A logged acceleration and course change - the kind of dynamic behavior that makes these reports stand out.

Below is the declassified page, redactions preserved.

The Document

SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY 2020

USCENTCOM Mission Report — Arabian Gulf (2020)

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  • Description: AT 1258Z, ████████1.4a OBSERVED POSS UAP IVO 34SDG9041417044. BRIEF OBSERVATION PRECLUDED UAP ALTITUDE ESTIMATES. VELOCITY ESTIMATED AT 321 KNOTS. UAP INCREASED SPEED AND CHANGED DIRECTION TOWARDS THE EAST. PILOT: ██████████(b)(6) ██████████(b)(6)

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Released to AARO under PURSUE — most of the report withheld under EO 13526 §1.4(a); released narrative reproduced below, redactions preserved. · U.S. Department of War — PURSUE UAP release (DOW-UAP-D4)

Where It Happened

Full Transcript

At 12:58 Zulu, over the Arabian Gulf, a U.S. crew caught a UAP doing something aircraft don't casually do: it sped up, and it changed direction.

2020, the Arabian Gulf. The sighting was brief — so brief the crew couldn't even estimate the object's altitude.

They clocked it at about 321 knots. Then, in the report's own words, it increased speed and changed direction toward the east.

This is the declassified report. One line records a UAP accelerating and turning east over the Gulf — then the brief contact was over.

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Sources

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