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 before tracking straight toward land. The GENTEXT section — where the qualitative, human detail lives — captures the reporter's firsthand account in their own words, making it one of the more narratively substantive parts of the record. Low-altitude, over-water UAP reports from active military operating areas are relatively rare in the declassified record, and the Aegean's geopolitical sensitivity adds context worth noting.
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 “[flying] straight above the ocean towards lands.” 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.