An American crew member reported clear movement. The report did not describe the object itself.
An American crew member reported a phenomenon moving from north to south during a mission over Syria. The event lasted less than a minute, but the report does not describe what was seen.
USCENTCOM MISREP filed by the 89th Attack Squadron (432 AEW) documenting an Operation INHERENT RESOLVE armed reconnaissance/ISR mission flown over Syria from 30 July to 31 July 2022. The mission departed and recovered at Muwaffaq Salti AB (OJMS), supporting TF CHOSIN with IMINT and SIGINT collection over multiple grid squares, including vehicle follows of suspected adversaries. At 310239ZJUL22 the aircraft observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon vicinity grid 37SFU2[redacted] in KP 9 that moved from north to south in less than one minute.
While performing IMINT/SIGINT armed reconnaissance ISO TF CHOSIN, the aircraft observed an Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. The UAP event lasted less than one minute and the object moved from north to south.
"AT 310239ZJUL22, [REDACTED] OBSERVED AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON IVO 37SFU271[REDACTED] (SEE UAP 1)."
Why it matters: Narrative-section reference to the UAP observation, time-stamped to the second.
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"AT 310239Z, [REDACTED] OBSERVED AN UAP EVENT IVO 37SFU2[REDACTED] IN KP 9. THE UAP OCCURED IN LESS THAN A MINUTE, WITH THE UAP MOVING FROM N TO S."
Why it matters: Sole qualitative description of the UAP — direction (N to S) and duration (<1 minute).
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"Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 19,359 FT"
Why it matters: Reporting platform altitude at time of UAP observation.
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"Friendly Aircraft Speed: 116 KTS"
Why it matters: Reporting platform airspeed at time of UAP observation.
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"FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY DGSI. 20.9 MISSION HOURS, 17.2 IMINT HOURS, 1 IMINT TASKINGS PROSECUTED, 18.7 SIGINT HOURS, 1 SIGINT TASKINGS PROSECUTED, 2 TOTAL TASKINGS PROSECUTED"
Why it matters: Confirms FMV imagery of the mission (and presumably the UAP event) was post-mission exploited.
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MG Richard A. Harrison
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff (declassification authority) · USCENTCOM · Page 1
Muwaffaq Salti AB (OJMS), Jordan
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Syria
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Dayr Az Zar Parking AFLD (37SFV0[redacted]), Syria
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Grid 37SFU2[redacted] (UAP first seen location, KP 9), Syria
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89 ATKS (89th Attack Squadron)
U.S. Air Force · Page 2
432 AEW
U.S. Air Force · Page 2
TF CHOSIN
U.S. military task force · Page 1
609th AOC / 603 AOC / 609 CAOC
U.S. Air Force · Page 2
DGSI (full motion video exploitation)
U.S. Air Force · Page 1
Aircraft callsign and platform identifier in narrative
Likely reason: 1.4a (national security – military plans/weapons)
MSGID block redacted
Likely reason: 5 USC 552 Exemption (b)(3)
ATO Mission Number
Likely reason: 1.4a, 1.4g
Asset Type (Aircraft) and Aircraft Tail Number(s)
Likely reason: 1.4a, 1.4g
POC, QC, and Approver names, phone numbers, emails
Likely reason: FOIA Exemption (b)(3), 3.5b, 3.5c, (b)(6) — personal privacy
Air-to-Ground Wpn payload details
Likely reason: 1.4a, 1.4c
Tasked Start Point grid coordinate digits and many subsequent grid references in GENTEXT
Likely reason: 1.4a (operational locations)
UAP Tail Number, UAP First Seen Location grid
Likely reason: 1.4a, 1.4g
Standard USCENTCOM MISREP template (89 ATKS / 432 AEW, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, AOR Syria). Reporting platform identity is redacted under 1.4a/1.4g but the 89 ATKS / 432 AEW lineage strongly implies a remotely-piloted aircraft (MQ-9 community). Mission date 30-31 Jul 2022; UAP observation 31 Jul 2022 02:39Z. Pair with other 89 ATKS MISREP releases for trend analysis on RPA UAP sightings.
The report does not describe its shape, color, or any identifiable markings.
According to the report, the phenomenon moved from north to south. The event lasted less than a minute.
During an aerial military mission over Syria, an American crew member observed something unidentified. They reported movement from north to south. The entire event lasted less than a minute.
The report doesn't specify exactly what was seen, but it does document the direction and duration of the movement. It's a sparse detail within a document intended to record an entire mission — yet, it leaves the central element out of the picture.
The incident occurred on July 31, 2022. It appears in a US Army mission report, alongside documentation of flight activities. Such reports are used to record the circumstances of military missions. In this case, they also include a separate section on an unidentified phenomenon.
According to the report, the crew member observed a single phenomenon. It moved from north to south, and the event concluded in less than a minute. There is no description of an encounter, pursuit, or special reaction from the crew. The report only provides these observation details.
The section concerning the sighting does not describe its shape, color, or any identifiable markings. Nor does it contain information about the phenomenon's size or speed. Parts of the document were redacted, but even the visible details lack a description of the object itself.
An unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) means something seen in the air that was not identified. The term describes the state of knowledge of the person who reported it, rather than what the object was. In this report, one can trace the direction it moved — but not understand what passed through the skies.
It is unknown what the crew member saw, what the object's size was, or how fast it moved. The report does not offer a conventional explanation for the sighting, and parts of it were redacted.
The direction of movement was recorded. What moved there remains without shape, color, or name. For a brief moment, the report leaves us with a trajectory — without knowing what traveled along it.