Triple Unknown Air Contacts, Arabian Sea 2020
Pilot reports three unidentified small air contacts during night operations, no radar or IFF.
Aug 24, 2020
Arabian Sea
PURSUE Program
AI Disclosure Brief
AI assistedReported Object Read
Pilot observed three possible unidentified small air contacts during routine night operations. Initially tracked one, lost it behind a cloud, then regained sight with two more due east. All maintained relative course, speed, and altitude on apparent westerly heading. Negative electronic scan, radar track, and IFF. Distance, speed, and precise course unknown. No interaction.
Notable Characteristics
- Size: Small
- Altitude: Unknown
- Environment: sky
Reported Motion
- Westerly heading, constant relative positions
Evidence Notes
- Pilot's direct narrative
- Form checkboxes: moving, wings/airframe, no markings
- Timestamped detection at 00:04:30Z
Credible pilot debrief from naval helicopter squadron documents visual detection of three small unidentified air contacts evading radar and IFF during night ops—intriguing persistence without instrumentation.
Unclear
Visual
85%
Prosaic Leads
- Distant aircraft obscured by clouds
- Birds or balloons in formation
- Sensor limitations at night range
Anomalous Indicators
- No radar, ES, or IFF despite visual track
- Sudden appearance of two additional contacts
- Maintained formation through cloud obstruction
Evidence Gaps
- No display tapes or video uploaded
- Unknown distance, speed, altitude
- Redacted identifying details
Evidence Quotes // source statements
Open archive"1.4a observed 3x possible unidentified small air contact while conducting routine operations in the North Arabian Sea. Negative ES, radar track, and IFF track."
Unknown speaker, Pilot / HSM-73
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SourcePattern Mesh // linked sightings
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Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
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Same source archive
Shared tags: pursue-release-1, release-1
Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of five seconds of video footage from a full-motion video (FMV) camera aboard a U.S. military platform in 2024. An accompanying mission report, DoW-UAP-D32, described the UAP as consisting of a “misshapen and uneven ball of white light,” and reported that a “light/glare halo effect” occurred at the top of the FMV feed. Video Description: 00:00-00:01: An indistinctly shaped multi-colored area moves from right to left across the top edge of the sensor display within the first second of the video. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
Same source archive
Shared tags: pursue-release-1, release-1
Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, July 2022
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Same source archive
Shared tags: pursue-release-1, release-1
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Official Files // source material
1 linkedDOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
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