DOW-UAP-D75, MISSION REPORT, GULF OF ADEN, JULY 2024

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This mission report (Misrep 10194673) details an aerial operation in the Gulf of Aden on July 14, 2024, during which a UAP was observed.

SECRET/REL TO USA, FVEY

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USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Recommended on: 2 June 2025
FOUO / Privacy Act applies

Misrep 10194673

Narrative

(S/REL TO USA, FVEY) TAIL NUMBER 1.4a 1.4a TOOK OFF FROM 1.4a AT 140222ZJUL24 VIA 1.4a AND ARRIVED ON STATION AT 140300ZJUL24. 1.4a UTILIZED 1.4a THROUGHOUT MISSION BETWEEN HANDOVER AND HANDBACK. FROM 140334ZJUL24 TO 140925ZJUL24 1.4a CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ISO NAVCENT IVO 38P MT 51 1.4a 11 1.4a (SEE ISR 1). 1.4a OBSERVED 1X UAP AT 140517ZJUL24 IVO 38P MT 53 1.4a 17 1.4a (SEE UAP1). FROM 141041ZJUL24 TO 142130ZJUL24, 1.4a CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ISO AFCENT IVO 38P MV 24 1.4a 81 1.4a (SEE ISR 2). 1.4a CALLED OFF STATION AT 142142ZJUL24, 1.4a HANDED BACK TO THE 1.4a AT 142238ZJUL24 AND LANDED AT 142259ZJUL24 VIA . FULL MOTION VIDEO WAS EXPLOITED BY 1.4a MISSION HOURS: 1.4a IMINT HOURS: 1.4a 1.4a TARGETS PROSECUTED: 1, 1.4a

RETASKED: FROM 141041ZJUL24 TO 142130ZJUL24, 1.4a CONDUCTED TARGET DEVELOPMENT ISO OP 1.4a IVO 38P MV 24 1.4a 81 1.4a (SEE ISR 2).

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Admin

CLASSIFICATION
• Classification: SECRET
• Associated Caveats: REL TO USA, FVEY
• Classification Source (MS or Classification Guide ID): MULTIPLE SOURCES
• Declassification Date (YYYYMMDD): 20490714

OPERATION
• Operation: OPERATION 1.4a
• Domain: AIR
• Operations Center: 609th

3.5c, (b)(6)
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This page is a mission report (MISREP) administrative form detailing the command structure, tasking information, and points of contact for a specific mission, with redactions applied to sensitive personnel and operational data.

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• Major Command (MAJCOM): ACC
• Combatant Command (COCOM): USCENTCOM

MSGID

• Report Type: MISREP
• Originator (Unit or Squadron): 124 ATKS
• Submit Date:

MSNID

• Tasking Order (ATO): 1.4a
• Mission Type: 1.4a
• ATO Mission Number: 1.4a
• Country Tasked: US - UNITED STATES
• Service Tasked: A - AIR FORCE

Poc

POC

• Rank: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)
• Unit: 124 ATKS
• Wing: 132 Wing
• Phone Number: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Email: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: Other

QC

• Rank: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Unit: 1.4a
• Wing: 432 AEW
• Phone Number: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Email: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: Other

APPROVER

3.5c, (b)(6)
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This page is a template for recording personnel and equipment information related to a UAP mission report, featuring redacted fields and a placeholder for aircraft data.

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• Rank: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Full Name: 3.5c, (b)(3), 130b, (b)(6)
• Unit: Unavailable
• Wing: 379 AEW
• Phone Number: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Email: 3.5c, (b)(6)
• Service: Air Force
• Operations Center: 609 CAOC

INGEST

• Rank:
• Full Name:
• Unit:
• Wing:
• Phone Number:
• Email:
• Service:
• Operations Center:

ACEQUIP

ACEQUIP

• Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a

1.4g

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This is a mission report form detailing takeoff, landing, and ISR data for a UAP-related mission, including classification markings and administrative approval stamps.

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USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
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1.4g

• Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each: 1.4a

1.4g

Timeline

Takeoff
• Callsign: 1.4a
• Number of Aircraft: 1
• Asset Type (Aircraft): 1.4a, 1.4g
• Aircraft Tail Number(s): 1.4a
• Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): 1.4a
• Takeoff Time DTG: 1.4a
• 1.4g
• Gentext/Additional Details:
• Mission Canceled:

Landing
• Last Land Location (ICAO Code): 1.4a
• Last Land Time: 1.4a
• Last Engine Shutdown Time: 1.4a
• Total Mission Time: 1.4g
• Gentext/Additional Details:

ISR
• Time-on Station DTG: 1.4a
• Time-off Station DTG: 1.4a
• Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a
• Msn Type: 1.4a
• Primary Sensor: FMV

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This page is a mission report detailing ISR asset utilization, weather conditions, and the observation of a UAP during an operation in the Gulf of Aden on July 14, 2024.

[HANDWRITTEN: Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies]

[REDACTED]

• Sensors Available: 1.4g
• Tasking Type: Planned
• Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): NAVCENT / OPERATION 1.4a
• BE Number (if NTISR):
• Tasked Start Point: 38P MT 511.4a111.4a
• Activity Description: ISR
• FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR):
• EEIs Observed:
• Number of EEIs:
• Global Campaign Plan:

GENTEXT/ISR

• Gentext: ([REDACTED]) 1.4a COORDINATED WITH NAVCENT 124 MINUTES PRIOR TO TAKE OFF. PRECOORDINATION WAS EXCELLENT DUE TO RECEIVING MISSION PRODUCTS 124 MINUTES BEFORE TAKE OFF. 1.4a ARRIVED ON TARGET AT 140334ZJUL24 FOR OPERATION 1.4a IVO 38P MT 511.4a111.4a 1.4a OBSERVED 1X UAP AT 140517ZJUL24 IVO 38P MT 511.4a171.4a(SEE UAP 1). AT 140925ZJUL24 1.4a WAS CLEARED OFF TARGET AND PROCEEDED TO NEXT TASKING.

ISR ASSET UTILIZATION

• Supported Unit: NAVCENT
• Supported Operation: OPERATION 1.4a
• Precoord Time: 124 MINUTES
• Precoord Effectiveness: EXCELLENT

WEATHER

• Weather: ([REDACTED]) WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR

EFFECTIVENESS

• Tasker:
• Intel Gap Filled?:
• Gentext: ([REDACTED]) 1.4a

On Station

• Time On Station DTG: 140300:00ZJUL24
• Callsign: 1.4a
• JTAR Number:

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This page is a mission report form detailing ISR asset utilization and coordination for a specific operation in the Gulf of Aden, including mission timing and tasking details.

SECRET/REL TO USA, FVEY

Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier
USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
Recommended on: 2 June 2025
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• Killbox (Location):
• Mission Type: 1.4a
• JTAC Callsign:
• Gentext/Additional Details:
• Did not Arrive On Station:

Off Station

• Time Off Station DTG: 1.4a
• Total Time On Station: 1.4g
• Gentext/Additional Details:

ISR

• Time-on Station DTG: 1.4a
• Time-off Station DTG: 1.4a
• Aircraft Callsign: 1.4a
• Msn Type: 1.4a
• Primary Sensor: FMV
• Sensors Available: 1.4a
• Tasking Type: Dynamic
• Tasking or Request Number (JTAR#, AEM#, PRI#, or TIC#): AFCENT / OPERATION 1.4a
• BE Number (if NTISR):
• Tasked Start Point: 38P MV 24 1.4a 81 1.4a
• Activity Description: ISR
• FMV or Image File Name (if NTISR):
• EEIs Observed:
• Number of EEIs:
• Global Campaign Plan:

GENTEXT/ISR

• Gentext: (S//REL TO USA, FVEY) 1.4a COORDINATED WITH AFCENT 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO RETASKING. PRECOORDINATION WAS EXCELLENT DUE TO RECEIVING MISSION PRODUCTS 30 MINUTES BEFORE RETASKING. 1.4a ARRIVED ON TARGET AT 1.4a FOR OPERATION 1.4a IVO 38P MV 24 1.4a 81 1.4a NSTR. AT 142130ZJUL24, 1.4a WAS CLEARED OFF TARGET AND RETURNED TO BASE.

ISR ASSET UTILIZATION

• Supported Unit: AFCENT
• Supported Operation: OPERATION 1.4a

3.5c, (b)(6)
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This page is a UAP mission report form detailing technical observations and characteristics of a UAP incident occurring on July 14, 2024.

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• Precoord Time: 30 MINUTES
• Precoord Effectiveness: EXCELLENT

WEATHER

• Weather: [REDACTED] WEATHER DID NOT PREVENTED IMINT

EFFECTIVENESS

• Tasker:
• Intel Gap Filled?:
• Gentext:

UAP

• Initial Contact DTG: 140517:00ZJUL24
• UAP Event Type: UAP Incident
• UAP Maneuverability Observations: STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH AT SAME ALTI
• UAP Response to Observer Actions: UNKNOWN
• MDS Type / Asset Type: 1.4a, 1.4g
• Tail Number: 1.4a
• Friendly Aircraft Location: 38P MT 64 1.4a 53 1.4a
• Friendly Aircraft Altitude/Depth: 1.4g
• Friendly Aircraft Trajectory: ALL
• Observer Assessment of UAP: Benign
• Friendly Aircraft Speed: 1.4g
• Observation Interrogation of UAP (yes/no; if yes list sensor(s) and returns):: NO
• Third-party Observers and/or Reporters:
• Friendly Aircraft State:
• Training Range (If applicable):
• Operational Range: 1.4g
• UAP Physical State: 1.4g
• Number of UAP Sighted:
• UAP Propulsion Means: UNKNOWN
• UAP Payload:
• UAP Under Intelligent Control (yes/no; if yes, describe): UNKNOWN
• UAP Signatures: 1.4g
• UAP Advanced Capabilities And/Or Materials (yes/no; if yes, describe): UNKNOWN ABOUT ADVANCED CAPABILITIES AND/OR MATERIALS
• UAP RF Frequency:
• UAP RF Duration:
• UAP Event Serial Number: 1.4a
• UAP Effects on Persons: NO

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This is the final page of a UAP mission report detailing observer information, UAP coordinates, and behavioral characteristics observed during the July 2024 Gulf of Aden event.

[HANDWRITTEN: Recommendation by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Recommended on: 2 June 2025 FOUO / Privacy Act applies]

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• UAP Objects/Material Recovered (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO
• UAP Effects on Equipment: NONE
• Full Name: [REDACTED]
• Rank/Grade: TSGT/E-5
• Email: [REDACTED]
• Phone Number (VOSIP/STE): [REDACTED]
• Observer Engagement of UAP (yes/no; if yes, describe): NO
• First Coordinate: 38P MT 53[REDACTED]17[REDACTED]
• First Seen Radius: 5
• Last Accuracy: Estimated
• Last Coordinate: 38P MT 22[REDACTED]49[REDACTED]
• Last Seen Radius: 5
• Kinetic Altitude Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Altitude: LOW
• Kinetic Depth Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Depth: UNKNOWN
• Kinetic Velocity Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Velocity: [REDACTED]
• Kinetic Trajectory Accuracy: Estimated
• Kinetic Trajectory: NW
• UAP Date of DoD Acquisition: 140517:00ZJUL24
• UAP Reaction to Observation, Interrogation, Engagement (yes/no; if yes, describe): [REDACTED] FOLLOWED THE UAP TILL THE DISTANCE BECAME TOO FAR TO FOLLOW
• UAP Anomalous Characteristics/ Behaviors: UAP'S SPEED WAS FASTER THAN THE [REDACTED] FLYING SPEED
• First Accuracy: Estimated
• Call Sign: [REDACTED]
• UAP First Seen Location:
• UAP Last Seen Location:
• UAP Altitude, Depth, Velocity, and Trajectory (indicate estimated or measured):

GENTEXT/UAP
• UAP Description (e.g., size, shape, color, markings, recognizable features): UAP HAD
• Gentext (UAP Event Description): ([REDACTED]) [REDACTED]

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