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Iraq, May 20, 2022

May 20, 2022
Iraq

Explanation proposed
Representative drawing from the From orbit page, not this specific sighting.

The official description

A U.S. military operator reported observing one UAP flying north to northeast. The observer reported following the UAP for as long as possible but was unable to positively identify it.

Quoted from the U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases. Read every file for this incident in Official files or at war.gov/UFO.

Witnesses

U.S. military operator

Explanation

Explanation proposed

The official description notes: An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D14, described the UAP as a “probable SU-27/35."

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of War, PURSUE UAP releases (war.gov/UFO)war.gov
  2. U.S. Department of War, Release 01: DOW-UAP-D012, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022war.gov
  3. U.S. Department of War, Release 01: DOW-UAP-D014, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022war.gov
  4. U.S. Department of War, Release 01: DOW-UAP-PR020, Unresolved UAP Report, Kuwait, May 2022war.gov
  5. U.S. Department of War, Release 01: DOW-UAP-PR021, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022war.gov

From the U.S. Department of War PURSUE releases. The description is quoted from the official file.

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