Summary
This Mission Report (MISREP) records a U.S. military operator observing a UAP flying just above the ocean surface over the Aegean Sea on October 29, 2023. The report describes the object flying straight above the water toward land.
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 29, 2023, states that a U.S. military operator observed a UAP "flying just above the surface of the ocean" over the Aegean Sea, with the object "[flying] straight above the ocean towards lands." 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.
