Mission Report Iraq December 2022

DOW-UAP-D018 Release 1 Released 2026-05-08 · Department of War (war.gov) 6 pages 3.5 MB Full text indexed Text PDF Produced 2022 · All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

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Summary

Mission report record DOW-UAP-D018, released through the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office and declassified on 8 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. The six-page narrative describes a December 2022 ISR mission flown from OKAS under Operation Inherent Resolve that collected SIGINT via AIRHANDLER and supported operations in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq. At 1620Z the aircraft observed a possible UAP, recorded as UAP Line 1, before being cleared to return to base. The report lists the 482 ATKS of the 20 FW as the originating unit, with the 609th Operations Center and ACC within USCENTCOM.

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DOW-UAP-PR23 - Spherical Infrared Object December 1, 2022