Military Personnel Saw a Metallic Triangle Over the Sea
During a flight back to base, they spotted a single object they couldn't identify.
During a flight back to base, they spotted a single object they couldn't identify.
Military personnel observed a single object during a flight back to base over the Mediterranean Sea. They described it as triangular and metallic, but the report does not identify it.
A heavily-redacted USCENTCOM-style Mission Report (MISREP) form documenting a single UAP observation over the Mediterranean Sea on an unspecified date. Six of seven pages are redacted in full under FOIA exemption 1.4(a) (national security / military plans, weapons, operations); only page 7's GENTEXT/UAP narrative survives. The reporter (a U.S. military operator) describes a triangular, metallic UAP observed at 1319Z during return-to-base (RTB), at 363453N 0255943E, at an altitude of 24,989 ft MSL and a speed of 168 knots. All narrative content carries SECRET//NOFORN classification markings.
During return-to-base (RTB) at 1319Z, the reporter observed one UAP while transiting the position 363453N 0255943E. The reporter's own platform was at 24,989 ft MSL and a speed of 168 knots at the time of observation (per the document's GENTEXT, the altitude/speed are framed as observation parameters).
"1X UAP DETECTED WITH DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION SUCH AS BEING A TRIANGLUAR AND METALLIC UAP."
Why it matters: The only UAP-shape/material descriptor in the surviving text. Note the typo 'TRIANGLUAR' (sic) for 'triangular'.
Page 7
"DURING RTB AT 1319Z, 1.4(a) OBSERVED 1X UAP WHILE TRANSITING OVER 363453N 0255943E FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 24,989FT MSL AND SPEED OF 168KTS."
Why it matters: Sole narrative event description; identity of the observing platform/operator is redacted under 1.4(a) mid-sentence.
Page 7
Mediterranean Sea
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363453N 0255943E (observation coordinates)
Page 7
Entire page withheld; only the exemption marker '1.4(a)' is visible.
Likely reason: Executive Order 13526 §1.4(a) — military plans, weapons systems, or operations.
Entire page withheld; only '1.4(a)' visible.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Entire page withheld; only '1.4(a)' visible.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Entire page withheld; only '1.4(a)' visible.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Entire page withheld; only '1.4(a)' visible.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Entire page withheld; only '1.4(a)' visible.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Inline redaction inside the GENTEXT event description: 'DURING RTB AT 1319Z, 1.4(a) OBSERVED 1X UAP'. The subject/observing-platform identifier is excised mid-sentence.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a) — likely conceals the observing aircraft/unit/callsign.
Trailing '1.4(a)' marker after the GENTEXT block, indicating additional redacted content following the narrative on the same page.
Likely reason: EO 13526 §1.4(a).
Date is 'N/A' per the manifest; the document itself only gives an event time of 1319Z with no date. Coordinates 363453N 0255943E decode to ~36°34'53"N, 025°59'43"E — Aegean/southern Mediterranean, in the vicinity of the Greek Cyclades (near Anafi/Santorini). Altitude (24,989 ft MSL) and speed (168 kts) most plausibly describe the observing platform's own flight parameters during RTB, though the document's grammar (subject redacted) leaves this ambiguous; the manifest description attributes them to the UAP. Worth flagging this ambiguity to any geographic/performance aggregator. The shape-descriptor 'TRIANGLUAR' is a verbatim OCR/source typo. Classification banner SECRET//NOFORN appears on each surviving GENTEXT bullet.
Military personnel on a flight returning to base observed an object over the Mediterranean Sea.
No. The report does not identify the object and does not state whether any further investigation was conducted.
During a flight back to base, military personnel observed an object over the Mediterranean Sea. They described it as triangular and metallic. The report did not state what the object was.
This is an intriguing description, but there's no answer regarding the identity of the observed object. The report also doesn't explain if anyone investigated what was there afterward. To understand what can be learned from it, one must separate what the individual described from what remains unresolved.
The individual observed a single object while the aircraft was returning to base. The military form used to record the incident is intended to document military activity. In this case, it describes a sighting during the flight and does not provide a lengthy account of what happened.
There is no description in the record of a chase, a subsequent encounter, or what happened to the object afterward. Parts of the form were also redacted. Therefore, the story remains focused on a single moment: a person on a flight saw something over the sea and couldn't identify it.
The individual described the object as triangular and metallic. They estimated it was at an altitude of approximately 7,600 meters (about 25,000 feet) and moving at a speed of about 310 km/h (about 190 mph). These details were recorded in the report, but they do not identify the object.
The distinction is important: these were the individual's description and estimates at the time of the sighting. The form does not prove that the object was made of metal or that it truly had a triangular structure. It also does not add details about its size, origin, or the direction it continued in.
What the object was remains unknown, and the report does not offer a conventional explanation for what was seen. It also does not state whether any further investigation was conducted following the sighting. Parts of it were redacted, so the information available to readers is limited.
Over the Mediterranean Sea, a description of a metallic triangle remains — without an answer as to what passed through there.