Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
A U.S. military operator filed this standardized Mission Report after observing an unidentified object moving north to northeast over Syria in May 2022 — tracking it as long as visibility allowed before losing it without a positive ID. The GENTEXT section is the key read here, where operators capture the qualitative details that raw data fields can't hold. No explanation is offered, and the report makes clear the language reflects real-time human judgment, not confirmed object characteristics.
This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP flying north to northeast. The observer reported following the UAP for as long as possible but was unable to positively identify it. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.