Summary
This Mission Report (MISREP) describes a U.S. military operator observing a misshapen, uneven ball of white light with multiple glares of unknown origin in Syria on October 20, 2024. The operator described the object as a light or glare halo effect appearing at the top of the full-motion video feed.
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 October 20, 2024, states that a U.S. military operator observed a "misshapen and uneven ball of white light" in Syria, describing multiple "glares or light" emanating from an "unknown origin." The operator characterized the UAP as a "light/glare halo effect" appearing at the top of the Full-Motion Video (FMV) feed. 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.
