Mission Report, Greece, October 2023
A U.S. military operator files this standardized incident report after observing an unidentified object skimming just above the Aegean Sea's surface near Greece in late October 2023. The detail that stands out: the object reportedly executed multiple sharp 90-degree turns at around 80 mph — a flight profile that doesn't map cleanly onto known aircraft or drones. The GENTEXT section provides the operator's firsthand qualitative account, making it one of the more human-readable layers of what is otherwise a structured military reporting format.
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 a UAP “flying just above the surface of the ocean.” The report describes the UAP as taking “multiple 90-degree turns at an estimated 80 mph.” 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.