Summary
This Mission Report (MISREP) describes a U.S. military operator observing several bright objects maneuvering quickly from west to east-northeast in Iraq on March 31, 2023. The operator held a track on the objects with an onboard targeting pod for about 20 seconds before they dimmed and disappeared from view.
Detail
This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized form the U.S. military uses to record the circumstances of its operations. Such reports are commonly used to relay Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) observations to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), with the general-text (GENTEXT) section providing qualitative, contextual information.
The report, dated March 31, 2023, states that a U.S. military operator observed "several bright objects maneuvering quickly" from west to east-northeast in Iraq. The operator achieved a track on the UAP using an onboard targeting pod for roughly 20 seconds, after which the objects dimmed and disappeared from the pod. All descriptive and estimative language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation at the time and should not be read as a conclusive determination of any object features or performance.
The record was released to the public through the PURSUE declassification by the Department of War.
