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Timeline

Proposed reading order. Every wiki page is indexed here by the event date its content is about — not by the date the page was created. Pages with day-level dates appear first within a year, then month-level, then year-only. Read top-down to follow the corpus as a single narrative.

Companion files: [[index]] (alphabetical by category) · [[log]] (ingest activity log) · [[hot]] (recent-session cache).

Coverage: day-resolved pages get the most precision; month-only and year-only pages are grouped below day-resolved entries within each year. Pages whose content has no datable anchor (most concepts/, most entities/) are intentionally not listed here — find them via [[index]].

1940s

1944

1944 — [[references/foo-fighters-shaef-1944-1945]] — Declassified 17-page SHAEF / Air Ministry / 415th Night Fighter Squadron correspondence file (Dec 1944–Mar 1945) on "foo fighter" night-phenomena reports and a parallel cylindrical-object sighting.
1944 — [[references/sighting-gut-alt-golssen-1944]] — 1944 wartime forced-labor witness account by Polish POW Wladyslaw Krasuski of a circular vehicle (~75–100 yd diameter) rising from a tarpaulin-walled enclosure near Gut Alt Golssen — recorded by FBI…

1945

1 Mar 1945 — [[references/sighting-cylindrical-object-vicinity-f5710-1945-03-01]] — 1 March 1945 USAAF reconnaissance pilot sighting of a 12-ft aluminium cylindrical object hovering vertically at 9,000 ft near grid F-5710; attacked, partially deflated, did not disintegrate.

1947

21 Jun 1947 — [[references/sighting-maury-island-1947-06-21]] — 21 Jun 1947 alleged six-disc sighting at Maury Island Puget Sound by Harold Dahl + Fred Crisman — deemed a publicity hoax constructed at Ray Palmer's request; FBI Seattle complete report (18 Aug…
24 Jun 1947 — [[references/sighting-arnold-mt-rainier-1947-06-24]] — 24 Jun 1947 1500 sighting by private pilot Kenneth Arnold of 9 mirror-like craft flying in a chain over Mt Rainier WA at 9,500 ft / ~150 mph; the founding event of the 1947 Flying Disc wave and…
24 Jun 1947 — [[references/sighting-cascade-mts-johnson-1947-06-24]] — 24 Jun 1947 afternoon sighting by 40-year-experienced prospector Fred M. Johnson of 5–6 round discs with tails over the Cascade Mountains, Oregon — same day as Arnold; combination compass-and-watch…
6 Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-birmingham-al-1947-07-06]] — 6 Jul 1947 Birmingham AL multi-witness disc-formation sighting documented by Birmingham AAF Reserve Training Detachment with photographs, Sgt Ira L. Livingston eyewitness statement, and 14th AF/ADC…
6 Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-grafton-wisconsin-1947-07-06]] — 6 Jul 1947 alleged disc strike on St Joseph's Catholic Church Grafton WI by Father Joseph Brasky — turned out to be a Dunlop circular saw blade with attached wires + tubes, the founding hoax-default…
7 Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-rhodes-phoenix-1947-07-07]] — 7 Jul 1947 1600 sighting and TWO photographs by William A. Rhodes of a 20-30 ft elliptical grey object spiraling 5,000 → 2,000 ft over Phoenix AZ — the corpus's first photographically-evidenced UAP…
8 Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-muroc-1947-07-08]] — 8 Jul 1947 multi-event multi-witness sighting cluster at Muroc Army Air Field (later Edwards AFB), CA — silver discs / spheres / ovular object across the morning at 0930-noon, including Capt John…
8 Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-roswell-1947-07-08]] — 8 Jul 1947 hexagonal disc + 20-ft balloon recovered near Roswell NM by 8th Air Force, transported to Wright Field — captured in the FBI corpus as section 1 serial 18, Dallas → Director URGENT…
12 Jul 1947 — [[references/nrl-flying-saucer-mystery-solved-1947-07-12]] — 12 Jul 1947 anonymous reflection-theory debunking memo proposing flying-disc sightings are sun-reflection artifacts on automobile ventilation-wing windows + electric-light-bulb reflections in plane…
30 Jul 1947 — [[references/afbir-co-18-sighting-analysis-1947-07-30]] — 30 July 1947 statistical breakdown by AFBIR-CO of 18 selected flying-disc sightings against 21 observational fields — earliest formal AAF analytical UAP exercise in the corpus, predating the Twining…
4 Aug 1947 — [[references/sighting-pan-am-powell-white-1947-08-04]] — 4 Aug 1947 sighting by Pan Am Captain Alpheus O. Powell + Navigator Walter I. White of an elliptical deep-gold object 1,000 ft below their Constellation 10 mi NW of Boston — earliest…
13 Aug 1947 — [[references/sighting-snake-river-canyon-1947-08-13]] — 13 Aug 1947 ~1 PM low-altitude high-speed disc sighting through Snake River Canyon ID by A. C. Urie + sons (8+10 yo); Mormon Poplars vacuum-rotation effect; preserved at FBI HQ 62-83894 serial 115.
18 Aug 1947 — [[references/fbi-seattle-maury-island-report-1947-08-18]] — 18 Aug 1947 FBI Seattle Fletcher → Director letter (62-83894-110) — FBI's complete Maury Island report; verbatim 7 Aug Crisman+Dahl hoax admission; closes open thread.
19 Aug 1947 — [[references/fbi-arnold-boise-interview-1947-08-19]] — 19 Aug 1947 FBI Boise interview of Kenneth Arnold by SA Jette (62-83894-111) — FBI own-channel deposition; preserves 26 Jun 1947 Palmer letter and Arnold's first-person Mt. Rainier narrative.
20 Aug 1947 — [[references/fbi-schulgen-savage-arnold-background-1947-08-20]] — 20 Aug 1947 Fitch → Ladd memo (62-83894-116) — Schulgen requests FBI subversive-background investigations on Savage + Arnold; earlier than the 5 Sep formal denial.
3 Sep 1947 — [[references/adc-d333.5ex-cooperation-1947-09-03]] — 3 Sep 1947 ADC Mitchel Field letter D333.5EX (R. H. Smith "By Command of Stratemeyer") — AAF unilateral redefinition of cooperation regime; triggered Hoover's BB-57 termination.
23 Sep 1947 — [[references/fbi-fitch-ladd-mogul-1947-09-23]] — 23 Sep 1947 Fitch → Ladd memo (62-83894-122) — earliest "Operation Mogul" reference in the FBI corpus; Whedon's attribution investigated and denied (Wright Field, Hopkins, Garrett).
25 Sep 1947 — [[references/fbi-ladd-proposed-bulletin-1947-09-25]] — 25 Sep 1947 Ladd → Hoover memo (62-83894-121, drafted by Reynolds) — Hoover handwritten "I agree" + "proposed Bulletin attached"; the literal birth document of Bureau Bulletin No. 57.
27 Sep 1947 — [[references/fbi-hoover-mcdonald-letter-1947-09-27]] — 27 Sep 1947 Hoover → Maj Gen McDonald letter (62-83894-121) — FBI's external announcement of saucer-investigation termination, citing the ADC "ash can covers" framing as trigger.
Jul 1947 — [[references/sighting-newfoundland-cluster-1947-07]] — 6 distinct UAP sightings in Newfoundland 9-23 Jul 1947 — Pan Am + TWA mechanics, Newfoundland Constabulary, civilians; Kodachrome trail-photographs; earliest non-continental-US multi-witness UAP…
1947 — [[concepts/civilian-saucer-hypothesis-1947]] — The taxonomy of civilian-letter saucer-hypotheses arriving at the FBI Director's office in July-August 1947 — orbital germ-bombs, Russian remote-control aircraft, German experimental craft, etheric /…
1947 — [[concepts/fbi-aaf-saucer-cooperation-1947]] — The Jul-Sep 1947 institutional arrangement under which the FBI investigated first-witness sincerity for AAF disc reports, conditional on full FBI access to recovered discs — codified in Bureau…
1947 — [[references/fbi-bureau-bulletin-42-1947]] — 30 Jul 1947 FBI Headquarters bulletin to all field offices establishing the Bureau's flying-disc cooperation regime with the Army Air Forces — Section (B) defines the FBI's investigative role for…
1947 — [[references/fbi-bureau-bulletin-57-1947]] — 1 Oct 1947 FBI HQ all-SAC bulletin terminating Bureau investigation of flying discs and instructing field offices to refer all future reports to the Air Force; section 3's Ladd 25 Sep proposal memo +…
1947 — [[references/round-robin-flying-roll-1947]] — 8 Jul 1947 mimeographed 9-point "memorandum of importance" by N. Meade Layne (San Diego) asserting flying saucers are inter-dimensional craft from an "etheric planet" interpenetrating earth — the…

1948

7 Jan 1948 — [[references/sighting-mantell-godman-1948-01-07]] — 7 Jan 1948 12-hour cross-state UAP sequence (Edwardsville IL → Kentucky cities → Godman → Lockbourne → Wilmington OH); 4 P-51 pursuit ordered from Godman; Capt Thomas F. Mantell killed after radio…
4 Feb 1948 — [[references/adc-stratemeyer-flying-disc-1948-02-04]] — 4 Feb 1948 Air Defense Command HQ Mitchel Field directive (by command of Lt Gen Stratemeyer) to numbered AF Commanding Generals on disc-incident investigation — directs investigations be coordinated…
5 Sep 1948 — [[references/sighting-holland-coast-1948-09-05]] — 5 Sep 1948 daylight sighting of a single unidentified high-performance jet aircraft by three crews of the USAF 307th Bomb Group at 30,000 ft off the west coast of Holland during Operation Daggar…
Feb 1948 — [[references/sighting-norcatur-ks-1948-02]] — 18 Feb 1948 Norcatur KS — a major meteorite event (achondrite recovered) with a parallel and unrelated close-encounter Leland Sammons "funnel-shape near hog-pen" account, plus the corpus's earliest…
Mar 1948 — [[references/sighting-bakersfield-1948-03]] — Two civilian observations of objects falling from the sky near Bakersfield, CA on 5 and 8 March 1948, reported to 4th Air Force and routed up to USAF Directorate of Intelligence.
Apr 1948 — [[references/sighting-delaware-ashley-oh-1948-04]] — 8 Apr 1948 1400–1430 — 7-witness 2-town cluster (Ashley + Delaware OH, incl. 2 Methodist pastors) reports same white cylindrical/spherical SW-bound object. Project SIGN Inc 112 / 112a-f.
May 1948 — [[references/sighting-bonneville-bfg-1948-05]] — 17 May 1948 ~2330 — W.A. Bonneville (BFG Territory Mgr) 20-min field-glass roadside sighting near Plevna MT; triggers Clingerman MCIAXO-3 follow-up. SIGN Inc 130.
May 1948 — [[references/sighting-hobson-ohio-1948-05]] — Night-time observation of round phosphorescent objects over Hobson, OH on 8 May 1948 by four New York Central System railroad employees, filed in the standard 10-element USAF format.
Jul 1948 — [[references/sighting-chiles-whitted-1948-07]] — 24 Jul 1948 0245 close approach of a 100-ft cigar-shaped object with red-orange flame trail and blue underbelly glow toward an Eastern Air Lines DC-3 over Montgomery AL — Project SIGN Inc 144…
Jul 1948 — [[references/sighting-indianapolis-1948-07]] — Indianapolis 29 Jul + 31 Jul 1948 — Toney/Huggins propeller-with-cups (Inc 151) + Swigert cymbal (Inc 152); both investigated by 1st Lt R.J. Carey Jr. (331st AFBU Stout Field).
Aug 1948 — [[references/sighting-hamel-mn-1948-08]] — 11 Aug 1948 daylight close-encounter landing at Hamel MN — a 2-ft dull-gray metallic round object descended between two children, settled to ground, made whistling acoustics, and departed leaving a…
Sep 1948 — [[references/sighting-castro-ranch-1948-09]] — A retired Army colonel and a companion observed a translucent gray "amoeba-like" object with three forward and two aft flapping appendages above a low-flying Army bomber near San Pablo, CA on 23 Sep…
Oct 1948 — [[references/sighting-gorman-fargo-1948-10]] — 27-minute mutual maneuvering between an Air NG F-51 piloted by George F. Gorman and a 6–8 inch clear-white round object over Fargo ND on 1 Oct 1948 — Project SIGN Inc 172, an engagement-class…
Oct 1948 — [[references/sighting-honolulu-1948-10]] — USAF Major Robert C. Drum observed a bright silver round/elliptical disc four times over Honolulu on 18 Oct 1948 in a 10-minute period at ~10-15k ft — the corpus's earliest Pacific-theater…
Oct 1948 — [[references/sighting-neubiberg-1948-10]] — One-line referenced flying-saucer observation over Neubiberg Air Base, Germany — ~30 minutes hover in late Oct/early Nov 1948 (USAFE TT 1524). A sister event (Inc 190, 11 Oct 1948 1300, 45-min…
Nov 1948 — [[references/sighting-andrews-1948-11]] — 18 Nov 1948 multi-aircraft pursuit of an oval glowing object circling Andrews AFB for 15-18 min — third 1948 engagement-class event chronologically (after Chiles–Whitted Inc 144 and Gorman Inc 172)…
Nov 1948 — [[references/usafe-tt1524-1948-11]] — 7-page declassified TOP SECRET USAFE-to-USAF intelligence transmission (TT 1524, 4 Nov 1948) routed to Maj Gen Cabell; contains the famous USAFE Item 14 — Swedish Air Intelligence's "outside the…
Dec 1948 — [[references/sighting-fairfield-suisun-1948-12]] — Two AACS control-tower operators at Fairfield-Suisun AFB (3 Dec 1948, 2015 PST) tracked a 30-inch luminous round object that hovered, climbed almost vertically, and reached ~20,000 ft — preserved in…
Dec 1948 — [[references/sighting-noack-helendale-1948-12]] — 7 Dec 1948 reported "flying disc" near Helendale CA, recovered by Lonnie Noack et al., resolved on 28 Dec 1948 by LA SAC Hood as an Olson and Rice Manufacturing tow-kite/target prototype …
1948 — [[references/sighting-swedish-lake-crash-1948]] — 1948 Swedish technical-expert observation of a flying-saucer-class object crashing into a lake, followed by a Swedish naval salvage operation that discovered a previously uncharted crater on the lake…
1948 — [[references/usaf-flying-discs-1948]] — Declassified 28-page USAF correspondence file (Feb–Jun 1948) routing flying-disc sighting reports between USAF Intelligence, Air Materiel Command, and field commands during Project SIGN's first…

1949

30 Jan 1949 — [[references/sighting-kirtland-mass-1949-01-30]] — 30 Jan 1949 ~30-witness, ~100-sighting multi-state event observed across El Paso/Albuquerque/Alamogordo/Roswell/Socorro NM; reported by CO Kirtland AFB to USAF Director of Special Investigations 31…
27 May 1949 — [[references/sighting-shell-oregon-1949-05-27]] — 27 May 1949 SNJ-pilot sighting of 6-7 elongated-oval discs in file formation paralleling Hart Mountain Oregon — the earliest 1949 Navy-originated UAP report in the FBI corpus.
Jan 1949 — [[references/sighting-jackson-ms-1949-01]] — Civilian pilots Tom Rush and his wife sighted a 60-ft cigar-shaped wingless dark object on landing approach to Jackson MS at 1700 on 1 Jan 1949 — the corpus event that closes Project SIGN's 1948…
Jan 1949 — [[references/sighting-japan-glow-1949-01]] — Six Japanese Central Meteorological Observatory weather stations independently reported a brilliant multi-color glow with delayed thunder-like roar on 25 Jan 1949 — earliest non-Western-witness UAP…
Apr 1949 — [[references/sighting-kodiak-alaska-1949-04]] — Multi-witness "ball of fire" / luminous-energy event over the U.S. Naval Operating Base, Kodiak, Alaska, evaluated by Navy DIO-17ND as a probable but unidentified atmospheric disturbance — earliest…
Jul 1949 — [[references/sighting-mountain-home-id-1949-07]] — A reliable airport-manager pilot (Harry Clark, Ritchie Field) reported seven delta-wing objects in V-formation with a dark circular cockpit-like structure executing a 180° unbanked turn at 600+ mph…
Jul 1949 — [[references/sighting-portland-or-1949-07]] — Northwest Airlines Captain Thrush (M-202) attempted a 180° intercept of a non-standard-lighting object that had been pacing his aircraft at 6,000 ft from Stevenson WA to Troutdale OR; object easily…
Aug 1949 — [[references/sighting-caldwell-gray-goose-1949-08]] — AF investigators 19 Aug 1949 found two pre-1940 disc-rotor "saucer-prototype" aircraft (Gray Goose helicopter + Roto-Plane) in a Glen Burnie MD tobacco shed; AF officially "no connection" with…
Aug 1949 — [[references/sighting-medford-or-1949-08]] — Seven AACS + CAA personnel observed shiny high-altitude objects (1 to 7) east-southeast of Medford OR for 70 minutes via theodolite and binoculars; "wings" detectable at magnification.
Aug 1949 — [[references/sighting-seattle-1949-08]] — Three Air National Guard NCO controllers (143rd ACW Sqdn) plus two FAA ARTC controllers report a 75–100 ft circular metallic object at ~10k ft over Seattle and a separate F-84-like jet-track object…
1949 — [[references/fbi-sac-letter-38-1949]] — 25 Mar 1949 Hoover-signed all-SAC directive partially reactivating FBI saucer information-gathering — reaffirms BB-57 (no investigation) but instructs field to gather voluntary tips from complainants…
1949 — [[references/fbi-san-antonio-vital-installations-1949]] — 31 Jan 1949 + 22 Mar 1949 SAC San Antonio memos to Director under Bureau File 65-58300 (Protection of Vital Installations) — first wiki appearance of cross-class FBI filing of UAP material; first…
1949 — [[references/usaf-flying-discs-1949]] — 143-page declassified USAF correspondence file (Oct 1948 – Jan 1950) covering routine Flight Service Regulation 200-4 sighting reports routed to Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson — the 1949…

1950s

1950

22 Mar 1950 — [[references/fbi-hottel-memo-1950-03-22]] — One-page WFO SAC Hottel memo of 22 Mar 1950 forwarding a third-hand DC-Police-via-AF-Investigator claim of three 50-ft saucers + nine 3-ft humanoid bodies recovered in New Mexico; the most-famous FBI…
28 Mar 1950 — [[references/fbi-boggs-hearn-discontinuation-memo-1950-03-28]] — One-page Ladd-to-Hoover memo of 28 Mar 1950 confirming both the AF (Dec 1949) and FBI (Oct 1947) had formally exited active flying-saucer investigation; the corpus's structurally definitive…
7 Apr 1950 — [[references/usnews-flying-saucers-real-1950-04-07]] — 4-page magazine article filed inside FBI HQ 62-HQ-83894 section 5 advancing the "saucers are US Navy experimental aircraft (Zimmerman NACA / Chance-Vought XF5U-1 lineage)" hypothesis.
23 May 1950 — [[references/lapaz-seventh-report-1950-05-23]] — 23 May 1950 report by Dr Lincoln LaPaz (Director UNM Institute of Meteoritics) to Lt Col Doyle Rees (CO 17th District OSI) — 11-criteria taxonomy distinguishing green fireballs from typical meteors +…
25 May 1950 — [[references/osi-17th-district-nm-summary-1950-05-25]] — 25 May 1950 17th District OSI (Kirtland AFB NM) summary report to Brig Gen Joseph F. Carroll, USAF Director of Special Investigations — ~38-page tabular catalog of ~175 New Mexico-area…
29 Jun 1950 — [[references/sighting-phoenix-b29-chase-1950-06-29]] — 29 June 1950 multi-witness Phoenix sighting tracked by Williams AFB radar at 30,000-35,000 ft and chased by a B-29 from the 509th Bomb Group Roswell — radar+visual+B-29-chase combination unique in…
21 Aug 1950 — [[references/belmont-ladd-aerial-phenomena-nm-1950-08-21]] — 21 Aug 1950 A. H. Belmont → D. M. Ladd FBI HQ office memorandum (serial 246) — the section opener; documents OSI concern about green fireballs / discs / meteors at NM sensitive installations…
8 Sep 1950 — [[references/cabell-afoic-cc-1-unconventional-aircraft-1950-09-08]] — 8 Sep 1950 HQ USAF Directorate of Intelligence directive signed Maj Gen C. P. Cabell — successor to 15 Feb 1949 AIRMEM #4; elaborated 9-element EEI schema + AF Form 112 follow-up; FBI Director on…
25 Nov 1950 — [[references/drew-pearson-saucers-nil-1950-11-25]] — Drew Pearson's syndicated column 25 Nov 1950 cited "confidential Air Force reports" to debunk the Coulter/Koehler/Aztec myth-seed, the Mariana Great Falls film, the Warren MN washtub hoax, and a…
19 Dec 1950 — [[references/sighting-oak-ridge-nepa-1950-12-1951-01]] — Dec 1950 - Jan 1951 multi-event sequence at the AEC Oak Ridge TN critical facility — combining 18 Dec 1950 Hood/Hribar/Steele/NEPA visual sighting near Y-12, 663rd AC&W Squadron radar tracks…
Jan 1950 — [[references/sighting-kansas-city-1950-01]] — Two civilian Bendix Aviation employees (one pilot) reported two motionless brilliant-white spherical objects flashing orange and red over Olathe KS, then a fast SW egress — earliest 1950 sighting in…
Mar 1950 — [[references/sighting-durango-mexico-1950-03]] — 18 Mar 1950 daylight sighting and photography of a "double truncated cone joined at its bases" object at ~8,000–9,000 ft over Durango, Mexico, by civil-engineering student Germán Horacio Robles Jr…
Mar 1950 — [[references/sighting-oak-ridge-adcock-1950-03]] — 9-day multi-agency radar episode at Oak Ridge AEC facility 1-8 Mar 1950 — Knoxville radio operator Stuart Adcock's surplus APN-7 set reportedly tracked an unidentified object circling at 100,000 ft…
1950 — [[concepts/aztec-saucer-myth-1950]] — The 1949-50 promoter-network myth-seed (Koehler-Newton-Scully) of crashed flying saucers in the southwestern US with 3-foot humanoid bodies; entered FBI HQ via 4 main-file channels Jan-Mar 1950 + 5th…

1951

Sep 1951 — [[references/sighting-fort-monmouth-radar-1951-09]] — 10-11 Sep 1951 multi-radar tracking events at Fort Monmouth NJ — AN/MPG-1 and SCR-584 systems tracking targets exceeding 700 mph aided-tracking limit; first FBI-corpus institutional Army G-2 radar…

1952

29 Mar 1952 — [[references/sighting-stewart-ritchie-highway-1952-03-29]] — 29 Mar 1952 22:45 Ritchie Highway south of Baltimore — Donald F. Stewart + George S. Tyler III report saucer 50 ft diameter, vacuum-cleaner sound, engine-died EM effect on car; OSI 'Project Eyeful'…
10 May 1952 — [[references/sighting-savannah-river-plant-1952-05-10]] — 10 May 1952 ~10:45 PM-11:15 PM EST four E.I. du Pont employees observe four disc-shaped objects (plus 3 more clusters over 30 min) over the 400 area of the AEC Savannah River Plant — first SRP UAP…
8 Aug 1952 — [[references/sighting-savannah-river-plant-1952-08-08]] — 8 Aug 1952 ~9:30 PM EST sighting of a blue-light-orange-fringe saucer-shaped object over the 400 area of the AEC Savannah River Plant by two E.I. du Pont employees — the second AEC critical-facility…
19 Aug 1952 — [[references/sighting-desvergers-scoutmaster-1952-08-19]] — 19 Aug 1952 West Palm Beach FL Boy Scout Master D.S. Desvergers's claim of a 30-ft hovering saucer "shooting a red blob" — leading to the first FBI Lab physical-evidence examination of a UAP-claimed…
6 Sep 1952 — [[references/lang-new-yorker-1952-09-06]] — 6 Sep 1952 New Yorker feature article by Daniel Lang on Project Saucer / SIGN / GRUDGE — the first public-facing journalistic catalog of US UFO history retained in the FBI corpus, plus the FBI's…
Jun 1952 — [[references/menzel-look-flying-saucers-1952-06]] — 17 Jun 1952 Look magazine article by Dr Donald H. Menzel (Harvard astrophysicist) — explains flying saucers as temperature-inversion haze + atmospheric optical illusions + balloons + recognized prior…
Jun 1952 — [[references/rhodes-pearson-photos-1952-06]] — Jun 1952 chain-of-custody dispute — Drew Pearson's TV broadcast 8 Jun 1952 displays "flying disc" photos; Rhodes (Phoenix 7 Jul 1947 photographer) claims FBI told him negatives unavailable; FBI…
1952 — [[concepts/contactee-movement-1952-1954]] — The 1952-54 founding period and 1965-1967 Adamski-continuation extension of the organized civilian saucer-contactee movement — Borderland Sciences, IFSB / Bender, Bethurum / Williamson / Adamski /…
1952 — [[concepts/robertson-panel-runup-1952]] — The 4-23 Dec 1952 CIA Office of Scientific Intelligence / Intelligence Advisory Committee briefing chain that bridged the 1952 saucer wave to the January 1953 Robertson Panel — captured in V.P. Keay…
1952 — [[references/fbi-sac-letter-83-1952]] — 29 Aug 1952 FBI HQ field-office bulletin reaffirming Bureau Bulletin No. 57 (1947) and SAC Letter No. 38 (1949) — third reaffirmation of the post-cooperation-regime intake protocol under 1952-wave…
1952 — [[references/usaf-flying-saucers-press-fact-sheet-1952]] — ~September 1952 mimeographed Department of Defense Office of Public Information fact sheet on the Air Force's flying saucer investigations — the standardized public-facing posture distributed to…

1954

Jan 1954 — [[references/sighting-quantico-marines-1954-01]] — Marines at Quantico VA reported 22 sightings of "mysterious red lights" over six nights in early Jan 1954; eventually resolved as the new airliner navigation lights (DC-7 type) — a clean…
Jul 1954 — [[references/sighting-frances-swan-1954-07]] — May-July 1954 — Mrs. Frances Swan of South Berwick ME claims telepathic messages from "flying saucers / outer space"; routed to FBI/ONI/AF via retired Adm Knowles → Sen Margaret Chase Smith → SecDef…

1955

4 Oct 1955 — [[references/sighting-trans-caucasus-1955-10-04]] — 4 October 1955, 1910 hours — three US witnesses (Sen. Russell + Lt Col Hathaway + Mr. Efron) observe two flying discs in USSR. Section 8 (this batch) adds the FBI/CIA/IAC handling — Allen Dulles' 18…
1955 — [[references/iaf-ir-193-55-russell-1955]] — 9-page declassified SECRET (NOFORN) USAF Air Intelligence Information Report (IR 193-55, Lt Col T.S. Ryan, USAIRA Prague, 14 Oct 1955) on US Senator Richard Russell's party witnessing two ascending…

1956

1956 — [[references/barker-1956-they-knew-too-much]] — 1956 Gray Barker book published by University Books NYC; introduced the "three men in dark suits" / MIB trope into popular UAP discourse. Wiki holds the publisher's jacket copy via FBI HQ 62-HQ-83894…

1957

5 Nov 1957 — [[references/sighting-schmidt-kearney-1957-11-05]] — Reinhold O. Schmidt, ~50, ex-Scotts-Bluff-NB embezzler / now Bakersfield CA grain dealer, claimed 5 Nov 1957 he met a 6-occupant cigar-shaped space-ship near Kearney NB whose crew spoke High German…
12 Nov 1957 — [[references/fbi-roach-belmont-sputnik-memo-1957-11-12]] — 12 Nov 1957 FBI HQ internal memo (Roach → Belmont) opening with the canonical line "Ever since the Russians released 'Sputnik' there has been a great increase in flying saucers" — the FBI-side…
1957 — [[concepts/sputnik-saucer-reactivation-1957]] — The post-Sputnik saucer-report surge of Oct-Nov 1957 — Vernal UT, Nebraska, Albany→Miami, Coast Guard cutter, and the Levelland TX engine-stall wave — recapped in the FBI's 12 Nov 1957 Roach→Belmont…
1957 — [[references/fbi-detroit-100-26505-krasuski-1957]] — 15-page declassified FBI Detroit file 100-26505 — Nov 1957 NSC-routed interview of Polish DP Wladyslaw Krasuski + 1966 OUFORA inquiry. Cross-filed at FBI HQ as 62-HQ-83894 serials 382-384 with full…

1958

17 Apr 1958 — [[references/sighting-detroit-1958-04-17]] — 0408-LT 17 Apr 1958 single-witness sighting over Detroit by 23-year-old David Weaver — circular object with crystal-type dome reflecting lights, NE-bound from SW, three blocks south of Six Mile at…
1958 — [[concepts/fbi-saucer-policy-stasis-1958-1962]] — The 1958-1962 cadence of near-verbatim annual FBI internal memos (Sanders 1958, Donahoe 1960, Donahoe 1961, Wannall 1962) confirming that no Handbook update is needed and that BB-57 of Oct 1947 + AF…
1958 — [[references/fbi-detroit-100-18221-serial-844-1958]] — One-page declassified FBI Detroit Office Memorandum (SA Reynolds → SAC Detroit, 17 Apr 1958), serial 844 in file 100-18221, recording a 0408-hrs civilian phone-in by David Weaver of a circular…

1959

24 Feb 1959 — [[references/sighting-killian-dc6-1959-02-24]] — AAL DC-6 Capt Peter Killian + co-pilot John Dee + 35 passengers + crew tracked 3 saucer-shaped lights for 45 minutes, Newark→Detroit, 24 Feb 1959; lost in haze near Cleveland; 15-year veteran pilot …

1960s

1960

1960 — [[references/sighting-grand-blanc-perry-1960]] — ~1 AM 21 Feb 1960 single-frame 35mm slide of "saucer-like object silhouetted against the moon" by Joseph F. Perry of Grand Blanc MI; FBI Flint forwarded slide to OSI Selfridge AFB; multi-year…

1963

1963 — [[references/hunter-1963-space-alien-race-memo]] — 6-page declassified OFFICIAL USE ONLY memo (18 Jul 1963) by Maxwell W. Hunter II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council to State/OISA, framing US policy options for first contact.
1963 — [[synthesis/policy-papers-uap-1963-vs-1999]] — Direct comparison of the wiki's two policy-staff-layer artifacts — the 1963 NASC Hunter memo (US, EOP, 6 pages) and the 1999 COMETA Report (France, private, 90 pages) — on framing, recommendations…

1964

24 Apr 1964 — [[references/sighting-socorro-nm-1964-04-24]] — 24 Apr 1964 ~5:45 PM landing-class UAP encounter ~1 mi SW of Socorro NM by Officer Lonnie Zamora — aluminum-white object on two slanted legs, two figures in white coveralls, vertical departure with…

1965

4 Dec 1965 — [[references/sighting-gemini-7-bogey-1965-12-04]] — At ~04h24m MET on 4 Dec 1965, GT-7 CDR Frank Borman calls "a bogey at ten o'clock high" on air-to-ground voice; alongside the spent Titan-II booster and a separately-observed cross-track particle…
1965 — [[references/nasa-pao-t-00763-r1b-gemini-7-1965]] — 4-page Mistral-OCR'd NASA PAO release-commentary tape (T-00763 R1b) covering the 4 Dec 1965 Gemini 7 air-to-ground exchange in which CDR Borman reports "a bogey at 10 o'clock high" alongside booster…
1965 — [[references/nasa-uap-d3-gemini-7-transcript-1965]] — 3-page Mistral-OCR'd variant transcription of the same NASA PAO Tape T-00763(R1b) already canonically ingested as 255_t_763_r1b_transcripts.json — same audio, same exchange; this entry exists only to…

1967

1967 — [[references/fbi-peyerl-black-forest-1967]] — 26 Apr 1967 walk-in at FBI Miami by Paul L. Peyerl (Eastern Airlines mechanic, ex-Luftwaffe test pilot) disclosing a 1944 Black-Forest "saucer-shaped 21-foot radio-controlled" aircraft photographed…
1967 — [[references/sighting-dallas-anonymous-eti-1967]] — 9 Oct 1967 walk-in at FBI Dallas by anonymous young white female reporting personal contact with extraterrestrial in human form (Jul-Aug 1967), claiming UFO shootdown over DEW Line…

1969

Jul 1969 — [[references/sighting-apollo-11-cylinder-1969-07]] — 18 Jul 1969 Day-3 translunar three-witness instrument-mediated sighting of an unidentified object resolved as cylinder/two-rings/open-suitcase morphology by Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins; S-IVB…
1969 — [[concepts/project-blue-book-termination-1969]] — The 17 Dec 1969 Secretary-of-the-Air-Force termination of Project Blue Book — and the 1977 FBI-side filing of the McClanahan UFO Fact Sheet, which is the canonical FBI-corpus primary-source artifact…
1969 — [[references/nasa-uap-d1-apollo-12-transcript-1969]] — 4-page Mistral-OCR'd excerpt of Apollo 12 air-to-ground voice loop (Tapes 90/3-90/9 and 93/8, ~MET 5d19h-6d00h, ~20 Nov 1969) covering LM-CSM rendezvous; Bean AOT particle-flash observation, Conrad…
1969 — [[references/nasa-uap-d4-apollo-11-technical-crew-debriefing-1969]] — 11-page Mistral-OCR'd excerpt of the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing (MSC, July 31 1969, Vol I & II). Contains the canonical "second look" cylinder/L-shape transit observation by all three crew…

1970s

1972

1972 — [[references/nasa-uap-d2-apollo-17-transcript-1972]] — 16-page Mistral-OCR'd excerpt of the Apollo 17 air-to-ground voice loop (Dec 1972). Contemporaneous voice-loop counterpart to d6/d5 post-mission debriefs — closes the d-cluster on a triple-null…

1973

Sep 1973 — [[references/sighting-skylab-3-red-object-1973-09]] — Multi-witness 10-minute Skylab 3 (Bean/Garriott/Lousma) observation of a bright reddish co-orbital object with 10-second rotation period at ~30-50 NM range; morphology unresolved; satellite…
1973 — [[references/nasa-apollo-17-science-debriefing-1973]] — 3-page Mistral-OCR'd excerpt (cover + pages 119-120) of MSC-07632 Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science (8 Jan 1973), prepared by Science Requirements Branch. Zero UAP keywords — strongest null in…
1973 — [[references/nasa-apollo-17-technical-crew-debriefing-1973]] — 2-page Mistral-OCR'd excerpt (cover + 1 transcript page) of MSC-07631 Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing (4 Jan 1973). Boundary case — no UAP observation; corpus null anchor.
1973 — [[references/nasa-uap-d7-skylab-technical-crew-debriefing-1973]] — 11-page Mistral-OCR'd composite excerpt from all three Skylab technical crew debriefings (JSC-08053 SL-2 Jun 1973; JSC-08478 SL-3 Oct 1973; JSC-08809 SL-4 Feb 1974). Contains the SL-3 multi-witness…

1974

1974 — [[references/sighting-milwaukee-fallen-object-1974]] — 22 Aug 1974 12:07am NMCC (Major Horn) phone call to FBI Command Center inquiring about a 13×8×5" metallic jagged object with "internal heat source" recovered by Milwaukee Police 5:55pm 21 Aug 1974…

1977

1977 — [[concepts/post-bb-uap-coordination-question-1977]] — The 14 June 1977 telephone inquiry from Stanley Schneider (OSTP, EOP) to FBI Asst Director Jay Cochran asking whether any Executive-Branch coordination on UFO information exists post-Blue-Book — the…
1977 — [[references/fbi-blue-book-termination-fact-sheet-1977]] — The 14 Jan 1977 USAF UFO Fact Sheet sent by Lt Col McClanahan (USAF Office of Information) to Mr. Malmfeldt (FBI Room 7825) — the canonical FBI-side primary-source artifact of Project Blue Book's 17…
1977 — [[references/fbi-cochran-schneider-1977]] — 14 Jun 1977 OSTP Asst Director Stanley Schneider phones FBI Asst Director Jay Cochran asking — on Jody Powell's behalf — whether any Executive-Branch coordination on UFO information exists…

1980s

1985

24 Jan 1985 — [[references/sighting-papua-new-guinea-1985-01-24]] — 24 Jan 1985 multi-witness "high-altitude high-speed aircraft" overflights of Papua New Guinea, including civilian-radar contact off Angoram and contrail sightings totaling ~7–9 aircraft across two…
Jan 1985 — [[references/dos-cable-papua-new-guinea-1985-01]] — 3-page declassified US State Department cable (28 Jan 1985, AMEMBASSY Port Moresby → USCINCPAC) reporting a Papua New Guinea NIO inquiry into 24 Jan 1985 unidentified high-altitude overflights.

1990s

1994

27 Jan 1994 — [[references/sighting-kazakhstan-1994-01-27]] — 27 Jan 1994 ~40-minute UAP encounter by a Tajik Air Boeing 747SP at FL410 over Kazakhstan (45°N 55°E); 3 American ex-PanAm pilots; circles/corkscrews/90° turns; ~100,000-ft contrails.
Jan 1994 — [[references/dos-cable-kazakhstan-1994-01]] — 3-page declassified UNCLAS US State Department cable (31 Jan 1994, AMEMBASSY Dushanbe → SECSTATE) reporting three American Tajik Air pilots' 27 Jan 1994 ~40-min UAP encounter at FL410 over Kazakhstan…

1997

1997 — [[references/pocantico-colloquium-1997]] — 1997 Sturrock-moderated UFO physical-evidence colloquium funded by Laurance Rockefeller at the Pocantico estate near West Point, with notable French SEPRA + scientific-council participation…

1999

1999 — [[references/cometa-report-1999]] — 90-page private French report (July 1999, COMETA / VSD) by retired generals + IHEDN auditors arguing the extraterrestrial hypothesis is the most plausible explanation for residual UAP cases and…

2000s

2000

21 May 2000 — [[references/boston-globe-ufo-2000-05-21]] — 21 May 2000 Boston Sunday Globe feature by Leslie Kean introducing the 1999 COMETA Report to US English-language press; bundled into the NARA RG 255 archival copy of COMETA.

2001

27 Jan 2001 — [[references/sighting-russia-airport-2001-01-27]] — 27 Jan 2001 Agence France Presse wire reporting a 90-minute closure of Barnaul airport in southern Siberia after Il-76 cargo crews refused takeoff while a luminescent UFO hovered above the runway.
Oct 2001 — [[references/dos-cable-russia-georgia-2001-10]] — 5-page declassified CONFIDENTIAL US State Department cable (30 Oct 2001, AMEMBASSY Moscow → SECSTATE) on Russian denial of airspace violations of Georgia. "UFO" appears as rhetorical device, not as…

2004

Nov 2004 — [[references/dos-cable-turkmenistan-2004-11]] — 5-page declassified UNCLAS/SBU US State Department cable (12 Nov 2004, AMEMBASSY Ashgabat → SECSTATE) on the Union of UFOlogists of Turkmenabat — a civil-society NGO with UFO-themed origins, not a…

2010s

2016

18 Nov 2016 — [[references/dow-uap-d55-mission-syria-2016-11-18]] — 1-page USCENTCOM-declassified CTG-67.1 narrative report — 1310Z-to-1312Z P-8A Poseidon observation of an unidentified low-flying object 55 NM NW of Latakia, Syria, sea-skimming at ~500 KT southeasterly outbound from the Russian Kuznetsov Carrier Task Group (KCTG); CTG self-identifies as KCTG missile activity. Earliest dated dow-uap artifact.

2020s

2020

14 May 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d38-range-fouler-middle-east-may-2020]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Debrief Form; 2040Z night ISR tasking, Persian Gulf coast near Ras Tanura / Bahrain margin ^[inferred] (DMS 28°31'N 49°52'E decoded); 1X round IR-cold solid-white object on Black-Hot polarity + Lin gain mode + ULTN mode-token at 20,000 ft Constant over water; intermittent track + 4× zoom + erratic in-track movements + sensor-operator narrative; passive ISR. Earliest range-fouler in the corpus — 154 days before d44 / 166 days before d58. Extends range-fouler class to N=3 on structural axes; rejects form-version-evolution reading by non-monotonicity (Debrief→Reporting→Debrief); confirms passive-ISR sub-class at N=2 (dominant at 2-of-3); first Persian Gulf body-text coordinate in dow-uap corpus. Carries distinct release-framework block (MDR 26-0019 + 01/26/26 001) — falsifies byte-for-byte release-block recurrence at N=3 finding; corpus now spans at least 2 USCENTCOM MDR allocations
16 Jul 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d65-mission-persian-gulf-2020-07-16]] — 8-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 4472514 (11,082 bytes); 21h 17min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 160443Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] 16 Jul → on-station 160504Z → land 170200Z OKAS 17 Jul) flown by same 482ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] as d60+d61+d62+d63+d64 — EARLIEST DATED CLUSTER MEMBER (23 days BEFORE d60); cluster extends to sextuplet across ~110 days Jul-Nov 2020 across 5 calendar months (Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov); FIRST 3-UAP-DATUM FULL-MISREP in dow-uap corpus — UAP #1 at 161830Z (UAP IVO 39RVM20, aircraft @ 39RXK20 — DIFFERENT 100-km-square, largest cluster standoff; FMV; FL200/98 KIAS; sub-class 8 strict) + UAP #2 at 161920Z (UAP IVO 39RUN70, aircraft @ 39RUN70 — same-10-km-MGRS-square geometry, THIRD corpus attestation; FMV; FL190/90 KIAS; sub-class 8 strict) + UAP #3 at 162345Z (UAP IVO 39RUN01, aircraft @ 39RUN01 — same-10-km-MGRS-square geometry, FOURTH corpus attestation; FMV; FL191/115 KIAS; sub-class 8 strict — body-narrative 16-digit MGRS 39RUN6234236874 vs structured 39RUN01 minor inconsistency ^[ambiguous]); 5h 15min observation window. 1 PROFESSIONAL Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALL at 0615Z FL180 / 39RUN46 — second cluster 39RUN hail (after d64), anchors west-Persian-Gulf sector at N=2. ZERO EMI events (firms d62 EMI isolation at 1-of-6 = ~17%). 4 Iranian collateral observations (NASER WAP 0645Z + PROB SAFIR KISH at 39RUN44 1932Z + POSS HOUDONG at Bushehr 2140Z + POSS NASER at Bushehr 2140Z) — cluster's highest collateral count; recovers d64 zero-collateral as low-activity-day reading ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65. Anti-IRIN/IRGCN tasking attestation N=3 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65. Nineteenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; sixth FULL USMTF Misrep — CONFIRMS class at N=6. HEADLINE 1 — CLUSTER PRECEDENCE INVERTS: d65 precedes d60 by 23 days; reframes d60 from "earliest" to "first-ingested-but-second-earliest" ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65. HEADLINE 2 — SAME-10-KM-MGRS-SQUARE GEOMETRY FIRMS TO N=4 ATTESTATIONS (d62 + d64-#2 + d65-#2 + d65-#3 = 4-of-9 cluster datums ~44%) ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65 on d64 same-MGRS-at-N≥3 thread. HEADLINE 3 — 379 AEW APPROVER WING CONTRADICTED AT N=2: d65 APPROVER block reads Wing: Other (NOT 379 AEW) ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65 on d64 379-AEW-at-N≥2 thread; falsification-class closure; d64 379 AEW isolated at 1-of-6. HEADLINE 4 — BLOCK C ANCHORS AT N=3: d65 carries MDR 26-0028 + 03/16/26 000001→000008 byte-for-byte with d63+d64. At N=11 release-block-testable artifacts: A 5-of-11 (~45%) + B 3-of-11 (~27%) + C 3-of-11 (~27%) ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65 on d64 Block-C-at-N≥2 thread. First evidence of Block-C source-event-date NON-CONTIGUITY (Jul + Oct + Nov 2020 same 03/16/26 release event) ^[inferred]. HEADLINE 5 — DIRECTIVE-CORRELATES-WITH-MULTI-HAIL FIRMS AT N=6: 4-of-4 single-hail PROFESSIONAL; 2-of-2 multi-hail DIRECTIVE; 6-of-6 cluster missions follow rule ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65. FIFTH POC+APPROVER RANK TIER (2d Lt + Capt — first 2d Lt POC in cluster); squadron rotates ≥5 aircrew+approver pairings across 110 days. Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=10→N=11 records / 12→15 datums (+1 record, +3 datums). N=6 filename-axis verification — 38-of-38 cluster internal MGRS coords decode inside body-text Arabian Gulf operational area. PAROC IDAT QC role recurrence N=8 corpus-wide ^closed-by-dow-uap-d65. AARO closure firms at N=11 stamp-recurrence. Misrep ID counter validates ~5,205 IDs/day at d65→d60 interval. First 3-UAP-datum full-Misrep + first 2d Lt POC + first 609 AOC Det I POC OpCtr + first 609 AOC ISRD Unit Support APPROVER Unit + first Block C source-event-date non-contiguity + first Safir Kish-class observation in cluster + first 39RXK + first 39RVM-UAP + first 39RUN-UAP MGRS in cluster + earliest cluster Misrep ID 4472514 + first 100%-clean 8-page OCR (Block C N=3 clean-OCR pattern) + longest cluster mission (21h 17min) + longest cluster UAP-observation window (5h 15min) + highest cluster collateral count (4) in dow-uap corpus
8 Aug 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d60-mission-persian-gulf-2020-08-08]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 4592219 (8,480 bytes); 21h 8min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 080337Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] → on-station Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman → RTB 082256Z → land 090045Z OKAS) flown by 482ATKS / 432 AEW / 603 AOC / 609 CAOC USAF Active-component MQ-9 Reaper ^[inferred]; single UAP datum at 0726Z in GENTEXT/OBSERVATION segment — 1X UAP IVO 39RWL08, TRANSITTING, FMV method, NO IMPACT TO MISSION; Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALL at 1250Z (first foreign-state direct hail in dow-uap corpus). Fourteenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; anchors fourth top-level mission-report sub-class — FULL USMTF Misrep multi-segment (vs single-segment GENTEXT/UAP extracts d4/d5/d7/d8/d54 + CTG-narrative d55 + range-fouler debriefs d38/d44/d56/d58). All 6 pages substantive (zero header-only padding); complete USMTF segment set. Closes 000001 open question — sequential page-stamps 000001→000006 confirm per-document-page-sequence reading decisively. Block A firms to 5-of-6 release-block-testable artifacts dominant; d38 Block B isolated at 1-of-6. 5-of-5 internal MGRS coords (UTM 39R + 40R) verify the body-text-declared operational area — first *-arabian-* / *-persian-gulf*-class filename verification at internal-coord level. Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=5→N=6 records / 7 datums (renamed framing). Multi-service originating-anchor count rises 7→8 (6 USAF + 2 Navy); first MQ-9 Reaper on a mission report; first USAF Active MQ-9 anchor; first DGS1/AIRHANDLER/LRE/609 CAOC/OKAS/ANDAS4/AH_GMESH/FMV/TRANSITTING/Misrep-ID anchors in dow-uap corpus; anchors eighth distinct brief-observation sub-class (FMV-observation + zero-mission-impact + kinematics-blank + morphology-blank).
24 Aug 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d56-range-fouler-arabian-sea-august-2020]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Debrief Form; 0004:30Z night SSC mission in North Arabian Sea; HSM-73 user (US Navy Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 "Battlecats", MH-60R Romeo Seahawk ^[inferred]; Side No. 705 + Buno 168122 + crew position Pilot) — first internal Navy user anchor in dow-uap range-fouler subset; 3X possible unidentified small air contacts on westerly heading (270°/UNK), Round + Wings/Airframe dual-morphology, formation-flying with all 3 maintaining relative course/speed/altitude; lost-behind-cloud then regained with 2X additional contacts emerging due east; Negative ES + radar + IFF track (first triple-negative sensor datum); zero EA reception; explicit "No interaction took place". Extends range-fouler class to N=4 on 13-of-13 structural axes; Block A release-framework firms to 4-of-5 dominant (d38 Block B isolated); passive sub-class B dominant at 3-of-4; d58 capability triad isolated at 1-of-4; first rotary-wing platform + first SSC mission descriptor + first 3-contact group + first formation-flying datum in dow-uap corpus.
27 Aug 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d61-mission-persian-gulf-2020-08-27]] — 7-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 4685903 (9,694 bytes); 21h 5min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 262307Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] 26 Aug → on-station Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman 270041Z → RTB 271840Z → land 272012Z OKAS) flown by same 482ATKS / 432 AEW / 609 CAOC USAF Active MQ-9 Reaper as d60 ^[inferred] — first internally-attested same-unit-same-tasking repeat-mission pair in dow-uap corpus, 19 days after d60; single UAP datum at 271527Z in GENTEXT/OBSERVATION segment — FORMATION OF UNK FLYING OBJECTS TRAVELING NE-NW ALONG THE COAST IVO MGRS 39RVM88; bounded 2-min track 1527Z–1529Z terminated by PID-loss in cloud cover; sensor method portion-redacted 1.4a SENSOR; Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALL at 0532Z (second foreign-state direct hail; UTM 40R / CP same eastern-Gulf approach as d60); 3 collateral Iranian-naval ISR observations (Greater Tunb Naval Port small vessel + POSS IL-76 Candid at Abu Musa Island AFLD + POSS Naser-class WAP DIW with 2 ADMs on deck). Fifteenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; CONFIRMS FULL USMTF Misrep document class at N=2 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d61 (same complete USMTF segment set as d60; 7 substantive pages with zero header-only padding). HEADLINE — BLOCK B DOUBLES: d61 carries MDR 26-0019 + 01/26/26 001 → 007 3-digit-sequential page-stamps — byte-for-byte same Block B as d38; d38 no longer isolated. Block A = 5-of-7; Block B = 2-of-7. Per-document sequential page-stamping confirmed in both Blocks at N=2 each (Block A 6-digit / Block B 3-digit); per-Block page-stamp digit-scheme is class-level signature ^[inferred]. Block B precedes Block A by 60 days. 3 d60 OPEN THREADS CLOSE AT N=2: full-Misrep class CONFIRMED + multi-segment Timeline CONFIRMED + Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALL recurrence CONFIRMED as class-level signature of CENTCOM-AOR MQ-9 ISR missions. Temporal-sequencing variance (post-UAP at d60 / pre-UAP at d61) confirms no causal link between GUARDCALL and UAP events. 31-axis byte-for-byte unit/platform/tasking match with d60 (POC unit 482ATKS / wing 432 AEW / APPROVER 609 CAOC / NAVCENT support / operation 1.4a / theater Arabian Gulf-Hormuz-Oman / OKAS launch / AREC mission / ANDAS4 TGT pod / AH_GMESH avionics ^[inferred]). d61 explicitly attests 12AF, Det 3, PAROC QC role (partially resolves d50 PAROC-vs-PAROL ambiguity in favor of PAROC ^[inferred]). Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=6→N=7 records / 8 datums; anchors 9th distinct brief-observation sub-class on concepts/uap-aircraft-engagement (formation-track + bounded-duration + heading-axis-only + sensor-PID-loss-on-weather). N=2 filename-axis verification at internal-coord level for *-persian-gulf*-class filename (combined d60+d61 = 12-of-12 internal MGRS coords decode inside body-text-declared Arabian Gulf area). First FORMATION OF UNK FLYING OBJECTS activity descriptor + first bounded-encounter-duration + first weather-induced sensor-loss + first explicit anti-Iran-pattern-of-life-tasking + first Greater Tunb + Abu Musa Iranian-island anchors + first IL-76 Candid + Naser-class WAP foreign-platform identification + first (S/REL) portion-marking on UAP datum (6th portion-marking state) in dow-uap corpus.
31 Aug 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d42-range-fouler-centcom-2020-08-31]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Debrief Form (3,683 bytes); Dusk ISR mission flown by 482 ATKS ^[extracted] (USAF Active-component MQ-9 Reaper ^[inferred] — same squadron as the 2020 NAVCENT-cluster sextuplet d60+d61+d62+d63+d64+d65) at MGRS 39RWL26 Persian Gulf / Iran AOR ^[inferred]; 3X UAPs via sensor-screen narrative — first speed-differential narrative in range-fouler class (Initial object was surpassed by another object of same size and shape but much higher speed) + moving amongst each other swarming descriptor; Direction/Speed 150/230 — first moderate-speed kinematic in class; morphology Other Shape + Apparent Propulsion dual-check — first Apparent Propulsion attestation + second dual-morphology after d56; zero EA reception. 34-of-~85 in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; fifth range-fouler debrief — extends class to N=5 on 13-of-13 axes. HEADLINE 1 — FILENAME LIES: source filename japan-2023 is CATEGORICALLY WRONG (body = CENTCOM Persian Gulf 2020); 4th INDOPACOM-mislabelled artifact corpus-wide after d8 + d28 + d52. HEADLINE 2 — FIRST 482 ATKS RANGE-FOULER + FIRST CROSS-DOCUMENT-CLASS SAME-SQUADRON PAIR in dow-uap — 4 days after d61 + 15 days before d62; 482 ATKS attestations extend from 6 to 7 datums across two intake pipelines (SPEAR + USMTF). HEADLINE 3 — BLOCK C EXTENDS TO RANGE-FOULER CLASS AT FIRST ATTESTATION (MDR 26-0028 + 03/16/26 000001 byte-for-byte with d63+d64+d65 full Misreps); Block C now cross-document-class at N=4. HEADLINE 4 — PASSIVE SUB-CLASS B FIRMS TO 4-of-5 DOMINANT across 3 platform configurations (fixed-wing UAV MQ-9 ANG d44 + MQ-9 Active d42 + unattributed fixed-wing d38 + rotary-wing maritime SSC d56); MQ-9 within sub-class B at N=2 components. HEADLINE 5 — d58 capability triad ISOLATED at 1-of-5 (firms decisive high-anomaly outlier). HEADLINE 6 — first Dusk Day/Night + first Apparent Propulsion morphology + first moderate-speed kinematic + first swarming intra-group descriptor.
4 Sep 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d57-range-fouler-gulf-of-aden-2020-09-04]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Reporting Form (4,048 bytes); 2109Z night ISR mission flown by 172 ATKS ^[extracted] (Michigan Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper ^[inferred] — same squadron as d44 Oct 2020) over Gulf of Aden at MGRS 38P LT + HAT 23,819 ft; 1X round IR-cold (bright-white on black-hot) contact at 168°/277 mph with a few abrupt directional changes during the 8 minute contact (byte-for-byte template phrasing matches d44); slant 6.17 NM + ground 8.81 km + sensor -39° below platform altitude (geometry derivation places contact at ~240 ft HAT over sea surface ^[inferred] — matches d44 ~140 ft HAT pattern); first 8-minute bounded encounter in range-fouler class (~6.6× d44's 73-sec); zero EA reception ^[inferred]; carries Block C USCENTCOM 26-0028 byte-for-byte with d42 + d63 + d64 + d65. 36-of-~85 in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; sixth range-fouler debrief — extends class to N=6 on 13-of-13 axes. HEADLINE 1 — FIRST INTRA-RANGE-FOULER SQUADRON-RECURRENCE PAIR IN dow-uap — 172 ATKS at d44 + d57, 41 days apart, same sub-theater Gulf of Aden: 15-of-19 axes byte-for-byte match (squadron + platform + component + form-title-Reporting + crew-position-Other + sensor-MTS-B-IR-Black-Hot + morphology-Round + thermal-polarity-IR-cold + narrative-template-phrasing + contact-altitude-low-over-sea-surface + EA-Indications-zero + sub-theater-Gulf-of-Aden); tighter paired-incident anchor than d56+d44 Arabian-Sea pair. HEADLINE 2 — REPORTING FORM TITLE CORRELATES WITH 172 ATKS AT 2-of-2 — form-version-evolution decisively rejected at N=6 (squadron-or-ANG-component-convention observationally degenerate). At N=6: 4 Debrief + 2 Reporting; both Reporting = 172 ATKS. HEADLINE 3 — BLOCK C EXTENDS TO 5 BYTE-FOR-BYTE CORPUS-WIDE + 2-of-6 RANGE-FOULER SUBSET — cross-document-class + cross-squadron + cross-component MDR-case allocation. At N=24 corpus-wide: A 5 + B 5 + C 5 + D 6 + E 1 + F 3. HEADLINE 4 — PASSIVE SUB-CLASS B FIRMS TO 5-of-6 DOMINANT (~83%); MQ-9 within sub-class B firms at N=3 across both components and 2 sub-theaters. HEADLINE 5 — d58 capability triad ISOLATED at 1-of-6 (~17% firm rejection). HEADLINE 6 — FIRST curator-class-label filename mismatch in dow-uap corpus (filename predicate mission-report factually wrong vs body # Range Fouler Reporting Form — third axis in filename-mismatch taxonomy after theater/date + partial-truth). HEADLINE 7 — first UTM 38P + first literal gulf-of-aden filename + first 8-min encounter + first 277 mph explicit-unit moderate-speed; fourth 2-of-2 filename-axis-verified artifact in range-fouler subset. Counter increments N=26→N=27 records / 40→41 datums.
16 Sep 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d62-mission-strait-of-hormuz-2020-09-16]] — 9-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 4782130 (10,348 bytes); 20h 56min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 152302Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] 15 Sep → on-station Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman 160318Z → RTB 161829Z → land 161958Z OKAS) flown by same 482ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] as d60+d61 — third member of the corpus's first same-unit-same-tasking triplet, 20 days after d61 and 38 days after d60; single UAP datum at 161732Z in GENTEXT/OBSERVATION segment — bare A UAP IVO 39RVM51 via FMV method explicit (matching d60), no kinematics/morphology/duration; aircraft + UAP at same MGRS 39RVM51 — first same-10-km-MGRS-square geometry in corpus; THREE Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALLs (0408Z DIRECTIVE + 0421Z DIRECTIVE + 1141Z PROFESSIONAL — first multi-hail mission, first DIRECTIVE tone, first same-MGRS multi-hail cluster); TWO EMI events — NEW STRUCTURAL ELEMENT (1248Z + 1414Z, both MEDIUM impact + Flight Path Deviation, UNKNOWN type, JSIR IDs 330412+330414, first §1.4(g) classifications); 2 collateral Iranian-military-presence ISR observations (IR-SA-5 SAM launcher on Abu Musa Island + 2X POSS Houdong / Sina-class missile patrol boats). Sixteenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; third FULL USMTF Misrep — CONFIRMS class at N=3 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d62. All 9 pages substantive; complete USMTF segment set + NEW EMI segment. CONFIRMS sub-class 8 (bare FMV-observation) at N=2 with d60 — d61's sub-class 9 (formation-track) is the within-cluster outlier, not the establishing case. Block B triples to 3-of-8 (d38+d61+d62 share MDR 26-0019 + 01/26/26 001 → 009); 3-digit per-page sequential page-stamp scheme decisively anchored across single-page + 7-page + 9-page artifacts. DECISIVELY RESOLVES d50 PAROC-vs-PAROL OCR ambiguity in favor of PAROC ^closed-by-dow-uap-d62 (second explicit clean-OCR PAROC at 12 AF / DET 3 with d61). Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=7→N=8 records / 9 datums. 18 distinct DTG anchors (operationally-richest in dow-uap full-Misrep sub-class). Tasked Start Point shifted eastward to 40RCQ3 (Strait-of-Hormuz / Greater Tunb vicinity) vs d60+d61 western 39R interior starts. POC + APPROVER rank delta (SSgt + SrA enlisted vs d60+d61 1st Lt commissioned) — cluster continuity at squadron-platform level not person level. First IR-SA-5 SAM launcher + first Houdong / Sina-class fast-attack-craft + first JSIR-ID + first §1.4(g) attestations + first DIRECTIVE GUARDCALL tone + first 243.000 MHz Guard frequency explicit citation + first same-10-km-MGRS-square aircraft-and-UAP geometry in corpus.
2 Oct 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d63-mission-strait-of-hormuz-2020-10-02]] — 8-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 4871281 (11,708 bytes); 21h 4min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 012249Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] 1 Oct → on-station Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman 020117Z → RTB 021835Z → land 021953Z OKAS) flown by same 482ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] as d60+d61+d62 — fourth member of corpus's first same-unit-same-tasking quadruplet, 16 days after d62 and 55 days after d60; single UAP datum at 021829Z Narrative attestation 1X UAP, SEE OBSERVATION LINE 1 — structured OBSERVATION segment missing from OCR pass ^[ambiguous]; 5 Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALLs (0727Z PROFESSIONAL FL180 + 0854Z PROFESSIONAL FL180 + 1122Z DIRECTIVE FL160 + 1236Z PROFESSIONAL FL160 + 1315Z DIRECTIVE FL160 — first 5-hail mission, DIRECTIVE tone recurrence at N=2 missions with d62, second same-MGRS multi-hail cluster at 40RCP70 hails #4+#5 39 min apart); ZERO EMI events (decisive recurrence test that downgrades d62's EMI canonical-segment reading); 3 collateral Iranian-presence ISR observations (UI aircraft 1244Z + ATR 72-500 1344Z both at Abu Musa Island AFLD + Naser-class WAP at Bushehr IRIN Boatyard 1657Z). Seventeenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; fourth FULL USMTF Misrep — CONFIRMS class at N=4 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d63 (full-Misrep class anchored decisively at the 482ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 quadruplet level). Anchors NEW Block C release pipeline at N=1 (MDR 26-0028 + 03/16/26 000001→000008) — third distinct release event 60 days span (B 01/26/26 → C 03/16/26 → A 03/27/26); Block A 5-of-9 + Block B 3-of-9 + Block C 1-of-9. Per-Block-digit-scheme reading partially refined: digit-scheme is per-convention not per-Block (A+C share 6-digit; B is the 3-digit outlier). Sub-class 8 (bare FMV-observation) firms to N=3 dominant within cluster (d60+d62+d63 3-of-4); d61 sub-class 9 outlier. Third POC+APPROVER rank tier (A1C+Capt vs Tier-1 1st Lt+1st Lt + Tier-2 SSgt+SrA). PAROC IDAT recurrence N=6 corpus-wide. Strait of Hormuz sub-theater anchored at N=2 with d62. Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=8→N=9 records / 10 datums. First ATR 72-500 + first Bushehr IRIN Boatyard + first A1C E-3 POC + first Capt O-3 APPROVER + first Block C MDR 26-0028 + first 03/16/26 release date + first 5-hail per-mission GUARDCALL count + first 100% clean page-banner OCR + first FOUO / Privacy Act page-banner caveat in corpus
15 Oct 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d44-range-fouler-arabian-sea-october-2020]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Reporting Form (Navy-aviation fielded-form template; SPEAR centralized intake); 1418:39Z-to-1419:52Z daytime Gulf of Aden encounter; 172 ATKS user (Michigan Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper ^[inferred]); 1X round IR-cold (bright-white on black-hot) contact at ~140 ft HAT over sea surface ^[inferred], tracked passively via MTS-B IR turret for 73 seconds at slant 4.06 NM / ground 4.78 km; abrupt directional changes during bounded track; zero EA reception; MGRS 40Q BD location. Second range-fouler debrief — validates document class at N=2 on structural axes (11-of-11) while diverging on capability-signature axes (no sub-second disappearance, no jamming, single contact, daytime, passive-ISR posture vs intercept). First UAV / first MQ-9 / first ANG / first non-fighter (excepting d55 P-8A) anchor in dow-uap corpus; first explicit Gulf of Aden + CENTCOM-AOR body anchor; first HAT altitude reference; first IR-cold morphology call; first IR-only sensor channel; first passive-ISR posture (seventh distinct behavioral sub-class); third release-block recurrence at N=3.
27 Oct 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d58-range-fouler-debrief-2020-10]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd Range Fouler Debrief Form (Navy-aviation fielded-form template; SPEAR centralized intake); 0112Z night DCA, 77 EFS user (USAF), KINGPIN-directed intercept ID; 2X balloon-shaped metallic UAPs with red blinking strobes; 16.9 NM standoff floor; one circling around the other; vanish in 1/30 s; noise jamming received. First range-fouler debrief and first sub-second-disappearance + active-EW datum in the dow-uap corpus.
2 Nov 2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d64-mission-iran-2020-11-02]] — 7-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 5039166 (10,033 bytes); 20h 42min NAVCENT-support MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 020608Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] 2 Nov → on-station Arabian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz / Gulf of Oman 020618Z → RTB 030113Z → land 030250Z OKAS 3 Nov) flown by same 482ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] as d60+d61+d62+d63 — fifth member of the corpus's first same-unit-same-tasking quintuplet (86-day Aug-Nov 2020 span; four calendar months), 30 days after d63 / 86 days after d60; FIRST 2-UAP-DATUM FULL-MISREP in dow-uap corpus — UAP #1 at 022143Z (UAP IVO 39RWK59, aircraft @ 39RWK78, bearing 080T, FMV, sub-class 8 strict) + UAP #2 at 022148Z (AN ADDITIONAL UAP TRAVELING NW IVO 39RWK60, aircraft @ 39RWK60 — same-10-km-MGRS-square geometry confirmed at N=2 with d62 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d64; FMV; partial sub-class-9 heading-axis annotation without d61 formation+duration+PID-loss triad); both observations 5 min apart at FL220 / 105-107 KIAS / heading 110T. 1 Iranian Air Defense GUARDCALL at 1012Z PROFESSIONAL FL210 / heading 068M at MGRS 39RUN — first western-Persian-Gulf hail in cluster (vs d60-d63 UTM 40R eastern-approach). ZERO EMI events (further isolates d62 EMI to 1-of-5 = 20% per-mission incidence ^[inferred]). Zero collateral observations. Explicit anti-IRIN/IRGCN tasking attestation TO CHARACTERIZE IRIN\IRGCN VESSELS, UAS ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF PORTS, AND TO ESTABLISH PATTERN OF LIFE — second cluster attestation after d61. Eighteenth artifact in DoW-UAP FOIA release series; fifth FULL USMTF Misrep — CONFIRMS class at N=5 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d64. Anchors Block C at N=2 (MDR 26-0028 + 03/16/26 000001→000007 byte-for-byte identical to d63) ^closed-by-dow-uap-d64 on d63's "Validate Block C beyond N=1" thread; distribution at N=10 testable: A 5-of-10 + B 3-of-10 + C 2-of-10. Per-convention digit-scheme firms (A+C share 6-digit at 70%; B alone 3-digit at 30%). HEADLINE — FIRST CURATOR-AOR-OF-INTEREST FILENAME (iran): body text byte-for-byte identical to d60-d63 (IVO ARABIAN GULF, STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND GULF OF OMAN); all 6 internal MGRS coords decode to UTM 39R western Persian Gulf (UN/UP/WK) = NO Iranian-sovereignty decode. The "Iran" filename labels by anti-IRIN/IRGCN tasking, not body-text geography. First labeling-divergence-by-AOR-of-interest in series. Fourth POC+APPROVER rank tier (SrA E-4 + TSgt E-6) — Squadron rotates ≥4 aircrew+approver pairings ^[inferred]. First 379 AEW APPROVER Wing (Al Udeid AB Qatar ^[inferred]). Mission-report UAP-datum counter increments N=9→N=10 records / 10→12 datums (+1 record, +2 datums). N=5 filename-axis verification — 32-of-32 cluster internal MGRS coords decode inside body-text Arabian Gulf operational area. PAROC IDAT QC role recurrence N=7 corpus-wide. Anti-IRIN/IRGCN tasking attestation N=2 (d61+d64) ^closed-by-dow-uap-d64.
2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d6-mission-arabian-gulf-2020]] — 7-page near-empty single-segment GENTEXT/UAP extract (1,686 bytes / 233 chars — lowest-content in dow-uap corpus); pages 0-5 blank redactions; page 6 carries AT 1246Z 1X PROB UAP IVO 3SKT4255899519 NO MISSION IMPACT CONTINUED ORIGINAL TASKING. 8th sub-class member; first PROB-UAP identification-confidence hedge + first NO MISSION IMPACT clause + first (S/REL) portion-marking + first MGRS-leading-digit-strip OCR-corruption candidate in single-segment-extract sub-format.
2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d3-mission-arabian-gulf-2020]] — 7-page single-segment GENTEXT/UAP extract (Misrep 8799515); AT 1736Z 4X UAP observed in 100% FOV under 100% cloud cover (3 sub-events at 17:36:22 (1X) / 17:36:30 (2X side by side) / 17:36:49 (1X) in 27-sec window). First weather-prevented-following + first AFCENT MAJCOM attestations in dow-uap corpus; no bottom-of-page release block (distinct from Block A/B/C cluster); Misrep ID 8799515 +4.3M IDs above d65 — refutes linear-time Misrep-ID counter at corpus level; candidate sub-class 10 multi-object-brief-observation-weather-obstructed.
2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d4-mission-arabian-gulf-2020]] — 5-page Mistral-OCR'd Navy mission report (filename-labeled "Arabian Gulf, 2020"); single GENTEXT/UAP datum — 1258Z brief observation, 321 kt, speed-up + eastward turn, pilot identity redacted (b)(6).
2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d5-mission-arabian-gulf-2020]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd Navy mission report (filename "Arabian Gulf, 2020"); two GENTEXT/UAP datums — 1354Z 40-kt constant-velocity single-object at FL160-170, and 2243Z 278-kt two-object speed-up +…
2020 — [[references/dow-uap-d7-mission-arabian-gulf-2020]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd mission report; balloon-like UAP at 31,000 ft MSL bearing 323°, weapons-quality-1 track + NEXT TO SHOOT + TFLIR visual ID; cross-references "PREVIOUSLY REPORTED UAP FROM 48FW" …

2022

6 May 2022 — [[references/dow-uap-d10-mission-middle-east-2022-05-06]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 7473483 (8,589 bytes); 21h 18min Operation INHERENT RESOLVE 432 AEW / 609 CAOC MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle (takeoff 060246Z → land 070004Z 7 May) in UTM 38S MC Iraq/Syria Levant; 5-UAP narrative 1514Z-1934Z in single GENTEXT/OBSERVATION with explicit prosaic candidates (1X possible missile VISRECCE + 4X possible birds). Seventh FULL USMTF Misrep + first 2022-era + first OIR + first UTM 38S + first MAG-supported + first VISRECCE in corpus. Anchors candidate sub-class 11 at N=1. Block D anchored at N=1 (MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S / 10/20/25). 379 AEW APPROVER recurs at N=2 with d64
20 May 2022 — [[references/dow-uap-d12-mission-iraq-2022-05-20]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 7528881 (8,738 bytes); 19h 4min Operation INHERENT RESOLVE 163 AW / 196 ATKS California ANG MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle supporting OP PHANTOM FLEX ISO MAG in UTM 38S MC Iraq/Syria Levant; single UAP at 202043Z 38SMC79, 18,000 ft witness, sub-class 8 strict. Eighth FULL USMTF Misrep + paired-sister to d10 14 days earlier; ANCHORS OIR May-2022 cluster at N=2. First ACC MAJCOM + first ANG full-Misrep + first OP PHANTOM FLEX in corpus. Sub-class 11 (d10) contradicted at N=2; 379 AEW APPROVER falsified at N=3 (tracks 432 AEW POC specifically). Counter pooled at 609 AOC / AFCENT level at N=3
29 May 2022 — [[references/dow-uap-d14-mission-iraq-2022-05-29]] — 9-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 7561279 (15,138 bytes); 20h 30min USEUCOM 50 ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle forward-deployed Sigonella Airbase (LICZ) Italy, flying OP HUMMER SICKLE ^[ambiguous] ISO 603 AOC over Eastern Mediterranean (UTM 36S/37S Syrian-Lebanese coast) surveilling Russian Mediterranean Squadron + Syrian naval activity; single UAP at 300117Z 37SBV28 FL240 sub-class 8 strict. Ninth FULL USMTF Misrep + first USEUCOM + first 603 AOC + first Sigonella + first RFAF SU-30 close-approach REACTION + first dedicated REACTION segment in corpus. CONTRADICTS OIR cluster N≥3 (d14 EUCOM, cluster stays at N=2); FIRMS Block D cross-COCOM at N=3 byte-for-byte; counter pooled at Joint-Staff-tranche level at cross-COCOM N=4. ACC=ANG-gaining falsified at N=2; iraq filename contradicted at N=2
30 Jul 2022 — [[references/dow-uap-d16-mission-syria-2022-07-30]] — 7-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 7816710 (13,291 bytes); 20h 57min USCENTCOM 89 ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle launched from Muwaffaq Salti AB (OJMS) Jordan, flying OP SPECTRE DAGGER ISO TF CHOSIN under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in UTM 37S FU+EV+FV Dayr Az Zar eastern Syria; single UAP at 310239Z 37SFU27 1.4a74 1.4g IN KP 9, 19,359 ft / 116 KIAS, moving N to S in <1 minute — sub-class 8 with bounded-duration + heading-axis annotation (second attestation with d64-#2; not a new sub-class). Tenth FULL USMTF Misrep + first OIR-Syria-interior + first 89 ATKS + first OJMS Jordan + first TF CHOSIN + first OP SPECTRE DAGGER + first UTM 37S OIR + first KP 9 killbox-letter format + first 7-LINE tasking + first ARMED RECCE Mission Type + first Amn POC rank + first UAP EVENT framing token + first cross-OC INVERSE direction (POC 603 AOC EUCOM → executing 609 CENTCOM — second cross-OC mission with first inverse direction) + corpus-richest GENTEXT/ISR segment (12-hr multi-killbox multi-vehicle multi-dismount ground-tracking + TELAR + AAA + artillery + ~30 ADM + shooting range + COI/compound observations) in dow-uap corpus. RESTORES OIR cluster at N=3 via sub-theater split (OIR-Iraq d10+d12 N=2 + OIR-Syria d16 N=1); FIRMS Block D cross-COCOM + cross-sub-theater at N=4 byte-for-byte MDR 25-0094 thru 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S (Block D now leads B+C share at 4-of-15 ~27%; d12+d14+d16 same release event 10/17/25 at N=3); counter pooled at JS-tranche level firms at cross-COCOM + cross-sub-theater N=5 (d14→d16 ~4,120 IDs/day within-band). UAP-narrative boilerplate contradicted at N=3 (d16 carries UAP EVENT + duration + heading-axis framing distinct from d12+d14 FOLLOWED AS LONG AS POSSIBLE template). 379 AEW APPROVER falsification extends to N=5 (lane is OIR-Iraq + 2020-NAVCENT-cluster specific within 432 AEW POC subset). Counter increments N=16→N=17 records / 27→28 datums
1 Dec 2022 — [[references/dow-uap-d18-mission-iraq-2022-12-01]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 8216304 (8,618 bytes); 19h 17min USCENTCOM 482ATKS / 20 FW MQ-9 ^[inferred] mission cycle launched from OKAS (same ICAO as 2020 NAVCENT cluster) under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in UTM 38S MB Iraq/Syria Levant (adjacent 100-km MGRS square westerly to d10+d12 MC); single UAP at 011620Z 38S MB 42 1.4a 83 1.4a FL180 — "POSSIBLE UAP/UAV FLYING WEST TO EAST" + "DID NOT FOLLOW UAP" + "CONTINUED THE MISSION AS TASKED" — candidate sub-class 12 (single-UAP-with-explicit-prosaic-candidate within USMTF Misrep + explicit-non-engagement annotation). Eleventh FULL USMTF Misrep + first OIR mission flown by 2020 NAVCENT cluster squadron 482ATKS (16-month gap from d64 Nov 2020; same OKAS launch ICAO; first cross-tasking longitude 2020→2022 within USCENTCOM AOR) + first 20 FW POC Wing (reframes cluster 432 AEW as deployment-status-specific ^[ambiguous]) + first UTM 38S MB grid square + first plain ISR Mission Type + first explicit UAP/UAV framing + first DID NOT FOLLOW UAP non-engagement clause + first AH/BLASPHEMY AIRHANDLER suffix + first DGS-AR exploitation unit + first Intel Gap Filled: No in OIR cluster + first explicit (U) NONE REPORTED UAP-Effects-on-Persons attestation + first (S/RELIDO) portion-marking + first POL/HVI/POI/ADMS-IN-SUITS ISR vocabulary in dow-uap corpus. FIRMS OIR-Iraq sub-cluster at N=3 via UTM 38S-zone match (d10+d12 MC + d18 MB; 7-month envelope May → Dec 2022); FIRMS Block D cross-COCOM + cross-sub-theater at N=5 byte-for-byte MDR 25-0094 thru 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S (Block D now ties Block A at top share within rounding 5-of-16 ~31%; 10/17/25 same release event at N=4 with d12+d14+d16+d18); FIRMS cross-OC INVERSE direction at N=2 squadron-independent (d16 89 ATKS + d18 482ATKS — retroactively extends to N=8 including 2020 NAVCENT cluster which also attests 603 AOC POC OC byte-for-byte); counter pooled at JS-tranche level firms at N=6 cross-COCOM + cross-sub-theater (d16→d18 ~3,249 IDs/day within-band on low end; predicted ~8.4M-8.6M actual 8.2M). Same-10-km-MGRS-square aircraft+UAP geometry RESTORED at 6th corpus attestation + 2nd within OIR-Iraq (d10+d18); plausibly 482ATKS-platform-specific signature at 6-of-7 482ATKS instances. AH/BLASPHEMY at N=4 cross-document firms d14 configuration-variant reading decisively. Block D undefined- OCR-prefix firms at N=5 = 100%. Counter increments N=17→N=18 records / 28→29 datums

2023

21 Feb 2023 — [[references/dow-uap-d19-mission-syria-2023-02-21]] — 10-page Mistral-OCR'd FULL USMTF Misrep 8353978 (14,627 bytes); 4h 55min USCENTCOM 389 EFS / 332 AEW F-15E DCA 2-ship mission cycle (takeoff 202330Z OJMS Muwaffaq Salti AB Jordan → land 210425Z OJMS) flying DCA IVO ESSA killbox under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE over Shaddadi NE Syria; 3X POSS UAP at 210025Z at FL240 IVO Shaddadi via AIRSIGHT segment 1 (WSV PRODUCED; NO RADAR RETURNS; NO HEALTH EFFECTS; 2 WHITE OBJECTS IR SIGNIFICANT) + 1X POSS BALLOON at 210135Z at FL210 IVO Shaddadi via AIRSIGHT segment 2 (70 min separation, separately encoded). Twelfth FULL USMTF Misrep + first F-15E + first DCA + first fighter-platform + first 2-SHIP formation + first AIRSIGHT-routed UAP + first in-mission UAP/balloon disambiguation + first EMI prosaic-source working theory (Turkish X-band area-of-effect jammer attached to 3-min APG-82 RADAR JAMMING at 8.8-9.9 GHz, JSIR 340377) + first 332 AEW + first 389 EFS + first 4h-class mission cycle (~4× shorter than MQ-9 ISR envelope) + first ESSA killbox + first LG ATO + first AIM-120D/AIM-9X/M61A1/SNIPER-SE/APG-82 ACEQUIP + first WSV method-of-observation + first explicit tail numbers (169+188 non-redacted) + first three-AAR mission cycle + first heterogeneous-IR-signature multi-object UAP (2-of-3 IR significant) in dow-uap corpus. Anchors candidate sub-class 13 — multi-UAP-via-AIRSIGHT-segment-from-fighter-platform — at N=1. Extends OIR-Syria sub-cluster to N=2 via OJMS+Block D byte-for-byte ONLY (platform/mission-type/POC unit/POC Wing/sub-OP/supported-unit/tasking-format/killbox/UTM/aircraft-count/duration/cross-OC/sub-class/UAP-count/method-of-observation ALL diverge from d16). Block D firms cross-COCOM + cross-sub-theater + cross-PLATFORM (MQ-9 + F-15E) at N=6 byte-for-byte — leads Block A at top share 6-of-17 ~35%. EMI within full-Misrep firms at N=2 (d62 + d19) reversing d18-zero-EMI extension. Misrep counter ~1,659 IDs/day OUT-OF-BAND LOW ^[ambiguous] (Reading b F-15E DCA pool separate from MQ-9 ISR pool preferred). Cross-OC INVERSE refines to MQ-9 ISR only (d19 single-OC POC=APPROVER=609 CAOC). 89 ATKS recurs at N=2 across roles (POC d16 + APPROVER d19). Counter increments N=18→N=19 records / 29→32 datums
24 Oct 2023 — [[references/dow-uap-d23-mission-uae-2023-10-24]] — 9-page FULL USMTF Misrep 9319618 (13,607 bytes); 20h 43min USCENTCOM 50 ATKS / 432 AEW MQ-9 ^[inferred] OP SPARTAN SHIELD ISR mission from Al Dhafra UAE OMAM, NAVCENT-supported (return after 2022 OIR/EUCOM shift); 2X UAP datums at 240241Z + 240322Z UTM 39R Persian Gulf with FIRST POPULATED UAP-segment fields in corpus (kinetic-velocity 320+440 MPH + Benign assessment + Solid Physical State + 5 NM seen-radius + THERMAL SHOWED COLD on-segment). NEW Block E release framework anchored at N=1 (MDR 25-0104 + 09/12/25 000001-000008 — EARLIEST release event in corpus by 35 days vs Block D; MDR cases NOT strictly sequential). First OP SPARTAN SHIELD + first UAE theater + first OMAM Al Dhafra launch base + first explicit US pilot response to Iranian GUARDCALL (verbatim bilateral exchange: Iranian "MAINTAIN SAFE DISTANCE FROM BORDER" → US "COALITION AIRCRAFT CONDUCTING ROUTINE OPERATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE") + first ANDAS1 TGT Pod (vs cluster ANDAS4) in dow-uap corpus. PAROC IDAT returns at N=9 corpus-wide after 39-month absence (last attestation d65 16 Jul 2020). Anchors candidate sub-class 14 — POPULATED UAP-segment fields within full-Misrep — at N=1. Counter validates at ~3,925 IDs/day d19→d23 within-band (reframes d19 out-of-band low as winter anomaly, not F-15E-pool separation). Counter N=19→N=20 records / 32→34 datums.
26 Oct 2023 — [[references/dow-uap-d33-mission-greece-2023-10-26]] — 7-page FULL USMTF Misrep 9329374 (10,198 bytes; 32nd DoW-UAP artifact, 17th FULL USMTF MISREP); 13h 30min USCENTCOM 33 SOS / 27 SOW / 56 SOIS MQ-9 ^[inferred] AFSOC ISR + ferry mission — takeoff 262339Z LGLR Greece → tasked target 36S YC 40 Eastern Med → land 271309Z OJMS Jordan (cross-AOR ferry replacing the LIGHTNING LINE that landed LGLR yesterday). 1X UAP at 270035Z UTM 35S KD Eastern Med — SEEMINGLY CIRCULAR, TOO SMALL TO MAKE OUT DETAILS, 80 MPH (lowest UAP velocity in sub-class 14), Sharp 90 degree turns (first explicit MANEUVERING UAP in sub-class 14), FLYING JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN WATER, 5 NM seen-radius, ~3-min event duration; Benign assessment, Solid Physical State. NEW BLOCK B FULL USMTF MISREP VARIANT — Block B firms at N=4 cross-year + cross-MAJCOM + cross-platform + cross-document-class ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33: MDR 26-0019 + 01/26/26 001..007 byte-for-byte d38 (range-fouler 2020) + d61 + d62 (2020 NAVCENT cluster); first 2023-era Block B + first AFSOC Block B + first cross-AOR-ferry Block B. At N=22: A 5 + B 4 + C 3 + D 6 + E 1 + F 3. AFSOC AT N=4 + 33 SOS AT N=2 + 27 SOW AT N=4 + 56 SOIS AT N=3 + LGLR AT N=2 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33; MAJCOM histogram ACC 4 + AFCENT 3 + AFSOC 4 + cluster-blank 6 across 15 mission-records; 432-AEW MQ-9 ISR share refines to 12-of-16 = ~75%. d33 PRECEDES d25 by ~91 DAYS ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33 (refinement class on d25-anchored FIRST-AFSOC headlines — retroactively shift to ingest-order-first); d23 9319618 (24 Oct 2023) → d33 9329374 (26 Oct 2023; +9,756 IDs / ~2 days) → d25 9629373 (25 Jan 2024; +299,999 IDs / ~91 days = ~3,297/day) — TIGHTEST temporal sampling triple in dow-uap counter dataset. Sub-class 14 firms at N=4 with maneuvering + velocity within-class axes ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33 (firming class on d27-anchored sub-class 14 at N=3 with morphology axis); class signature remains populated UAP-segment + Benign + Solid + UNK-saturated propulsion. 609 AOC Det 1 hypothesis CONTRADICTED ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33 — d33 POC + QC OC = 609 CAOC (main), NOT Det 1 (despite same 33 SOS/27 SOW/56 SOIS/LGLR chain as d25); Det 1 may be Block-F-pipeline-specific or 2024-era-specific. First Greece-to-Jordan ferry mission + LGLR-OJMS rotational two-base sub-cluster anchored. 6th distinct curator-mismatch class (PARTIAL-TRUTH variant) — Greece launch + Oct 2023 correct, but mission terminates in Jordan. Other firsts: first 35S KD UTM zone (vs d25's 35S QT); first 36S YC tasked-target zone; first SW qualitative Trajectory; first 5-UNK template-field-saturated UAP segment; first dash-placeholder UAP Event Serial Number; first explicit NONE UAP Signatures; first (SEE ISR 1) + (SEE UAP 1) segment cross-references; first Activity Description = TARGET DEVELOPMENT; first GCP - VEO (violent extremist group); first 2-token AH/GMESH AIRHANDLER without /SANTA FE; first standalone G-MESH Sensors Available; first NO undefined- prefix in 2023-era Misrep (refines undefined- as JS-250710-TM8S-tranche-specific); first intra-document declassification-date inconsistency. Recurs at N=2: GET FMV-exploitation unit; AN/DAS-4 TGT Pod; redacted Operation: 1.4a (all with d25). 6th 603 AOC role-attestation (APPROVER + executing); cross-COCOM-tasking-with-EUCOM-executing AFSOC LGLR pattern firms at N=2 with d25. Counter increments N=23→N=24 records / 37→38 datums. Zero GUARDCALL extends N=10; zero EMI extends N=11; zero REACTION extends N=16
28 Oct 2023 — [[references/dow-uap-d35-mission-greece-2023-10-28]] — 7-page FULL USMTF Misrep 9337873 (10,001 bytes; 33rd DoW-UAP artifact, 18th FULL USMTF MISREP); 20h 1min USCENTCOM 33 SOS / 27 SOW / 56 SOIS MQ-9 ^[inferred] AFSOC ISR round-trip mission from Larissa AB (LGLR) Greece (281504Z takeoff → 291105Z land LGLR), same Originator chain as d33 ~25h after d33's OJMS landing. 1X UAP at 290811Z UTM 35S MV Eastern Med during RTB phase — SEEMINGLY CIRCULAR, TOO SMALL TO MAKE OUT DETAILS (FIRST CROSS-MISSION MORPHOLOGY RECURRENCE in sub-class 14 with d33), 30 MPH (NEW lowest sub-class-14 velocity; range 30-440 MPH = ~14.7× spread), NONE Maneuverability, FLEW STRAIGHT ABOVE THE OCEAN TOWARDS LANDS, 5 NM seen-radius. Block B firms at N=5 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35 (d33+d35 byte-for-byte same MDR 26-0019 + 01/26/26 001..007 — first intra-block consecutive-Misrep + same-Originator + same-MDR-case pair in dow-uap; Block B's 26-0019 MDR case spans multiple Misrep IDs). At N=22: A 5 + B 5 + C 3 + D 6 + E 1 + F 3 — Block B now largest single block. AFSOC AT N=5 + 33 SOS AT N=3 + 27 SOW AT N=5 + 56 SOIS AT N=4 + LGLR AT N=3 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35; MAJCOM histogram ACC 4 + AFCENT 3 + AFSOC 5 + cluster-blank 6; AFSOC now largest single MAJCOM in dow-uap full-Misrep class; 432-AEW MQ-9 ISR share refines to 12-of-17 = ~71%. Surface-skimming SLOW-AND-SMALL UAP sub-sub-class firms at N=3 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35 (d27 + d33 + d35; 3 distinct AFSOC ISR missions across ~8 months). UAP-during-RTB sub-pattern at N=2 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35 (d27 + d35; d33 was en-route-to-target outbound; mission-phase axis surfaces). First explicit unredacted Air-to-Ground Weapons load in dow-uap corpus ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35: 2XAGM-114R9E 2XAGM-114R2 (4 Hellfire missiles; N=11 prior populated weapons-load attestations all redacted as 1.4a/1.4(a) — Block B's MDR-case 26-0019 carries distinct declass posture for weapons-field). Dash-placeholder UAP Event Serial Number firms as Block-B-pipeline-class convention at N=2 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35. 609 AOC Det 1 RETURNS at d35 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d35 (POC role; contradicts d33-anchored "Det 1 Block-F-specific" reading — Det 1 is NOT block-specific; N=3 cross-block d25+d27 Block F + d35 Block B). Misrep ID counter validates at ~4,250 IDs/day d33→d35 within-band; d23→d33→d35→d25 quadruple = TIGHTEST 4-Misrep sampling sequence in dow-uap (4 within 93 days). Other firsts: first 35S MV UTM zone (vs d33's 35S KD + d25's 35S QT); first byte-for-byte-identical First Coordinate = Last Coordinate UAP segment; first urban-area COI annotation (6X VEHICLES ON PARKING GARAGE ROOFTOP AND NO PERSONNEL); first NONE-signature-Maneuverability + circular-too-small morphology pair within sub-class 14; first 2020 intra-document declass-date OCR mis-read (vs d33's 2025 mis-read; both target 2026). Recurs at N=2 with d33: SAME MDR 26-0019 Block B packet byte-for-byte; SAME 33 SOS/27 SOW/56 SOIS Originator chain + LGLR launch + 603rd executing OC; SAME UAP morphology descriptor; SAME IFF code 34055; SAME 36S YC tasked-target zone; SAME AN/DAS-4 TGT Pod; SAME AH/GMESH Additional Avionics; SAME G-MESH Sensors Available; SAME TARGET DEVELOPMENT Activity; SAME GET FMV-exploitation; SAME CLEAR WX. Counter increments N=24→N=25 records / 38→39 datums. Zero GUARDCALL extends N=11; zero EMI extends N=12; zero REACTION extends N=17
Mar 2023 — [[references/dow-uap-d51-email-pacific-time-zone-2023-03]] — 6-page Mistral-OCR'd intra-DoD email thread (5,071 bytes); Mar 2023 night civilian-witness ground observation near a US national-security facility in the Pacific Time Zone (CONUS): large blue featureless triangular object + perimeter whitish-blue light emission + hovering ~3 min + "backing up" in jerking/jumping manner inconsistent with smooth jet propulsion + ~8 min total observation via personal cellular device. Originator OUSD(I&S) IDA → reviewer AFOSI OSI CI Collections + Intelligence Oversight PM ^[inferred]; thread requests + approves derivative classification review of UNCLASS summary of an underlying SECRET//NOFORN AFOSI IIR ^[inferred]. 35-of-~85 artifact + third email-correspondence ingest — extends class to N=3 with BIFURCATION ^closed-by-dow-uap-d51: sub-class A (d52+d50 IDAT-originated tearline-clearance, Misrep parent) vs sub-class B (d51 OUSD(I&S)-originated derivative-classification-review, AFOSI IIR parent). First civilian witness + first ground-based observation + first personal-cellular-device medium + first AFOSI institutional anchor + first AFOSI IIR parent document class (5th parent-doc class in dow-uap, extending from 4) + first OUSD(I&S)-as-originator (role inversion) + first sensitive-site-proximity body anchor + first CONUS placement + first AFOSI Commander signature declassification-path attestation + first derivative-classification-review workflow + first whole-product clearance iteration unit + first observer-provided explicit negation of drone/vapor/cloaking/photographic-capability/defined-flight-path + first civilian-observer UAP-capability-negation framework + first 3-axis-internally-verifiable email-correspondence filename + new morphology+behavior signature (triangular + blue + perimeter-light-emission + hovering + erratic-jerking-kinematics; extends triangular to N=2 with d54) in dow-uap corpus. d51 anchors candidate sub-class 17 (civilian-ground-witness track) at N=1 — mutually exclusive with existing 16 brief-observation/engagement sub-classes on witness-modality axis. "Pacific Time Zone" is CONUS time-zone privacy hedge NOT INDOPACOM AOR — firms d52's NA=North America reading at N=2 in email-correspondence class (CONUS/NA majority at 2-of-3; INDOPACOM isolated at 1-of-3 d50 only). OUSD(I&S) attestation extends to N=3 cross-document but with role inversion (reviewer at d52+d50; originator at d51). Does NOT increment PAROC corpus-wide count (no IDAT involvement); does NOT increment mission-report UAP-datum counter; does NOT carry d50 "NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED" tearline clause. 5 null-base64 image regions + usage_info.pages_processed: 2 contradicts actual 6 OCR pages ^[ambiguous]
Sep 2023 — [[references/dos-cable-mexico-2023-09]] — 7-page UNCLAS DOS cable from AMEMBASSY Mexico (16 Sep 2023, MEXICO 2544, signed SALAZAR) — weekly political blotter whose ¶11 reports Mexico's 12 Sep 2023 Congress UAP hearing with Maussan and Graves.
Sep 2023 — [[references/sighting-fbi-fd302-drone-pilot-2023-09]] — September 2023 daylight UAP sighting at ~07:15–07:30 by a contractor convoy; documented by two redacted FBI FD-302 forms — front-passenger drone pilot (serial-4) and lead-vehicle driver (serial-3) …
2023 — [[references/fbi-fd302-drone-pilot-redacted-2023]] — 2-page redacted FBI FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) interview record, drafted 2 Oct 2023, capturing a contractor drone pilot's September 2023 daytime UAP sighting during a LiDAR field test.
2023 — [[references/fbi-fd302-serial-3-driver-redacted-2023]] — 2-page redacted FBI FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) drafted 2 Oct 2023 capturing a second Sept 2023 witness — the female driver of the lead vehicle — for the same UAP incident as serial-4.

2024

25 Jan 2024 — [[references/dow-uap-d25-mission-greece-2024-01-25]] — 7-page FULL USMTF Misrep 9629373 (11,515 bytes); 20h 40min USCENTCOM 33 SOS / 27 SOW / 56 SOIS MQ-9 ^[inferred] AFSOC ISR mission from Larissa AB (LGLR) Greece. 1X UAP at 250509Z UTM 35S Eastern Aegean — ROUND DIAMOND with non-maneuverable tail/probe, SWIR-only (first single-sensor-exclusive UAP in corpus), 434 KTS, FL250→FL200, Benign assessment, Solid Physical State, 20 NM seen-radius, 2-min duration. NEW Block F release framework anchored at N=1 (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S + 10/28/25 001..007 — 3-digit page-stamps; confirms MDR cases NOT strictly sequential by release date at N=3 release events — d23's case-allocation-pipeline-vs-MDR-adjudication-release reading firms). FIRST AFSOC MAJCOM + first 27 SOW POC Wing + first 33 SOS Originator + first 56 SOIS POC Unit + first 609 AOC Det 1 detachment + first Greece + first LGLR launch + first 35S UTM + first bidirectional-within-mission cross-COCOM 3-OC chain (by ingest order; d33 26-27 Oct 2023 is first AFSOC + first 33 SOS + first 27 SOW + first 56 SOIS + first Greece + first LGLR + first 35S UTM by event date ^closed-by-dow-uap-d33) (609 AOC Det 1 POC → 609 CAOC QC → 603 AOC APPROVER → 603rd executing) in dow-uap corpus. BREAKS 432 AEW MQ-9 ISR monopoly via 27 SOW (AFSOC parallel pool); refined share 12-of-13 = ~92% within MQ-9 ISR subset. Third FMV-exploitation-unit acronym GET after DGS1/DGS-AR. Sub-class 14 firms at N=2 OR sub-class 15 anchors at N=1 (populated UAP-segment + morphology-described — d23/d25 ambiguous; resolved at d27 to sub-class 14 with morphology axis ^closed-by-dow-uap-d27). Counter validates at ~3,330 IDs/day d23→d25 within-band — N=7 corroboration points spanning 41 months and 2 COCOMs and 5 MAJCOMs decisively confirm JS-tranche pooled-counter level. Mission-report UAP-datum counter N=20→N=21 records / 34→35 datums
6 Jun 2024 — [[references/dow-uap-d27-mission-uae-2024-06-06]] — 8-page FULL USMTF Misrep 10055709 (12,508 bytes; first 8-digit Misrep ID in dow-uap full-Misrep corpus); 10h 13min WX-RTB-truncated USCENTCOM 3 SOS / 27 SOW / 56 SOIS MQ-9 ^[inferred] AFSOC ISR mission cycle (takeoff 062100Z OMAM Al Dhafra UAE → land 070713Z OMAM 7 Jun) under Op ENDURING SENTINEL; 1X UAP at 070457Z DURING RTB at UTM 40R FM UAE Persian Gulf coast — GLOWING HOT SPHERICAL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WITH VERTICAL UNWAVERING CYLINDRICAL POLE/BAR APPENDAGE + POSS REFLECTION FROM THE OBJECT IN THE WATER, 140 KTS FLYING STRAIGHT JUST OVER THE WATER, FL240 a/c above + UAP at surface (~240-deck altitude separation), Benign assessment, Solid Physical State, 5 NM seen-radius. BLOCK F RECURRENCE AT N=2 BYTE-FOR-BYTE ^closed-by-dow-uap-d27: MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S + 10/28/25 001..008 (3-digit page-stamps, 8 pages) byte-for-byte d25; Block E (d23 MDR 25-0104) does NOT recur — stays at N=1. AFSOC RECURS AT N=2 + 27 SOW RECURS AT N=2 + 56 SOIS RECURS AT N=2 + 609 AOC Det 1 RECURS AT N=2 in INVERSE positions (POC home d25 → QC home d27); 432-AEW MQ-9 ISR share refines to 12-of-14 = ~86%. SUB-CLASS 14 FIRMS AT N=3 with morphology axis ^closed-by-dow-uap-d27 (refinement class) — Reading (a) preferred at N=3 (d23 morphology-blank + d25 diamond+probe SWIR-only + d27 sphere+pole/bar multi-sensor); morphology + sensor-exclusivity + altitude-separation are within-class variability axes. First Op ENDURING SENTINEL + first 3 SOS Originator + first AFSOC SOS-cluster cross-squadron (3 SOS + 33 SOS) firms at N=2 within 27 SOW + first 8-digit Misrep ID + first WX-RTB-truncated MQ-9 ISR cycle + first AFSOC-CENTCOM-AOR-launched-CENTCOM-tasked mission (4th distinct cross-OC topology, single-COCOM CENTCOM 4-role chain, no EUCOM bridge) + first DK ATO + first AN/DAS-1 in AFSOC class + first AH/GMESH/SF AIRHANDLER (SF=SANTA FE candidate ^[ambiguous]) + first GLOWING HOT SPHERICAL morphology + first VERTICAL POLE/BAR appendage + first POSS REFLECTION FROM WATER + first JUST OVER THE WATER altitude + first a/c-FL + UAP-surface altitude separation + first multi-NIB intra-mission count = 2 + first explicit DHOW-scan EEI block + first POPULATED Kinetic-Velocity FIELD with KNOTS unit (140 KNOTS) + first explicit UAP RF Frequency / Duration template fields + first DTG-prefixed UAP Event Serial Number WITHOUT trailing counter in dow-uap corpus. Source filename october-2023 is WRONG (4th distinct curator-mismatch class after arabian-gulf/djibouti/iraq). UAE-OMAM sub-cluster anchored at N=2 (d23 + d27) via OMAM-launch + UTM 40R + 609 CAOC + Mission Type ISR + AN/DAS-1 shared anchors; Operation/POC-unit/POC-Wing/MAJCOM/Block/duration diverge. Counter validates ~3,205 IDs/day d25→d27 within-band (10M boundary crossed; N=8 corroboration points across 46 months / 3 MAJCOMs / 2 COCOMs / 2 platforms). 379 AEW APPROVER lane firms at N=3 = 50% — OMAM/Al-Udeid-routed CENTCOM-AOR-specific (d10 + d64 + d27), NOT 432-AEW-specific. 9th undefined- OCR-prefix (Block D 6 + Block E 1 + Block F 2; cross-block pipeline-class). Zero GUARDCALL extends N=8; zero EMI extends N=9; zero REACTION extends N=14. Counter increments N=21→N=22 records / 35→36 datums
20 Sep 2024 — [[references/dow-uap-d28-mission-iraq-2024-09-20]] — 6-page FULL USMTF Misrep 10431840 (10,916 bytes; 31st DoW-UAP artifact, 16th FULL USMTF MISREP, second 8-digit Misrep ID); 7h 6min USCENTCOM 16 SOS / 27 SOW AC-130J Ghostrider ^[inferred — strongly] AFSOC ARMED OVERWATCH mission under Op INHERENT RESOLVE — takeoff 201740Z OKAS Kuwait ^[inferred] → arrived station 201930Z at ROZ RAINDROP Ayn Al Asad Airbase (AAAB) Iraq UTM 38S KC → weapons calibration 20x 105mm + 101x 30mm + 1x AGM-176 Griffin released → cleared off station 202323Z → landed 210046Z OKAS. 1X UAP at 202027Z DURING PGM SHOT at UTM 38S KC59 — UAP FLEW THROUGH the AC-130J's MX-20/MX-25 sensor field BETWEEN AGM-176 release AND impact; IR LENS FLARE on both sensors indicating significant heat source; primary + possibly-detaching-secondary object morphology (IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHETHER AN OBJECT DETACHED ITSELF FROM THE PRIMARY UAP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LEAVING THE SENSOR FIELD OF VIEW); PATH OF MOVEMENT APPEARED PREDETERMINED AND NOT IN RESPONSE TO (b)(1)1.4a's DETECTION; CREW MAINTAINED LASER ENERGY UNTIL MUNITION IMPACTED ITS DESIRED TARGET; NO REOBSERVATION. AC-130J at FL130 170 KIAS heading 096° STRAIGHT AND LEVEL; Benign assessment, Solid Physical State. FIRST GUNSHIP / FIRST AC-130J / FIRST NON-MQ-9-NON-F-15E PLATFORM in dow-uap corpus ^closed-by-dow-uap-d28: extends platform-class to 3 distinct platforms (MQ-9 N=13 + F-15E N=1 + AC-130J N=1); 16 SOS = AFSOC AC-130J operational squadron at Cannon AFB ^[inferred — strongly] per weapons fit (105mm + 30mm + AGM-176) + sensor fit (MX-20 + MX-25) + 7h cycle + ARMED OVERWATCH leaving no MQ-9 reading; per-SOS platform-class scheme firms (33 SOS + 3 SOS = MQ-9 ^[inferred]; 16 SOS = AC-130J ^[inferred — strongly]). BLOCK F RECURRENCE AT N=3 ^closed-by-dow-uap-d28: MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103 / JS-250710-TM8S + 10/28/25 001..006 (3-digit, 6 pages) byte-for-byte d25 + d27; 3-of-4 Block F slots filled. At N=21: A 5 + B 3 + C 3 + D 6 + E 1 + F 3. JS-250710-TM8S firms at N=10 byte-for-byte across Block D + E + F — aggregates 3 MAJCOMs (ACC + AFCENT + AFSOC) + 2 COCOMs + 3 platforms (MQ-9 + F-15E + AC-130J). AFSOC RECURS AT N=3 + 27 SOW AT N=3 + first multi-platform AFSOC pattern ^closed-by-dow-uap-d28; 432-AEW MQ-9 ISR share refines to 12-of-15 = ~80%. First 16 SOS Originator/POC + AFSOC SOS-cluster firms at N=3 cross-platform (33 SOS + 3 SOS + 16 SOS within 27 SOW parent). First ARMED OVERWATCH Mission Type (7th distinct) + first kinetic-weapons-employment Misrep + first UAP-PGM-shot-coincident encounter in dow-uap (UAP within active fire-control / laser-designation sequence; first primary+detaching-secondary morphology hypothesis; first PREDETERMINED-TRAJECTORY assessment). OIR-Iraq sub-cluster extends to N=4 — first 38S KC sub-square (west Iraq Anbar Province; vs d10/d12 38S MC + d18 38S MB); Iraq UTM 38S 100-km-grid now anchors 3 distinct operational sub-areas. 379 AEW APPROVER lane firms at N=4 = 57% — Al-Udeid hub-routing cross-platform + cross-MAJCOM (d10 ACC MQ-9 + d64 NAVCENT + d27 AFSOC MQ-9 + d28 AFSOC AC-130J). Misrep ID counter validates at N=8 d27 10055709 → d28 10431840 = +376,131/~106 days = ~3,549 IDs/day within-band; second 8-digit ID; pooled at Joint-Staff-tranche level across 49 months / 3 MAJCOMs / 2 COCOMs / 3 platforms / 9 within-band corroboration points — falsifies brief's INDOPACOM-separate-pool hypothesis. First 1 SOW QC home Wing (AFSOC Hurlburt Field FL ^[inferred]); first Other POC + QC Operations Center token (AFSOC-internal OC routing distinct from 609 CAOC); first HM ATO (9th distinct); first SOTU 016 Originator format ^[ambiguous]; first MX-20 + MX-25 dual-EO/IR-pod detection geometry; first GATEWAY (IF BOTH) Data Link; first AC-130J protection suite (AAR-47 MWS + AN/AAQ-24 IRCM + ALR-56M RWR + AN/APN-241 nav); first Training Range: YES; first AAAB / ROZ RAINDROP / 38S KC body anchor; first IR-lens-flare signature; first NO REOBSERVATION explicit narrative; first 170 KIAS annotation; first FL130 Friendly Aircraft Altitude; first UAP-First-Coord = UAP-Last-Coord geometry; first explicit no-third-party-observer attestation. Sub-class 16 candidate anchored at N=1 (PGM-shot-coincident sensor-frame-internal UAP transit + IR-lens-flare + primary+possibly-detaching-secondary morphology + AC-130J ARMED OVERWATCH platform). Source filename east-china-sea-2024 is CATEGORICALLY WRONG ^[extracted] — internal COCOM=USCENTCOM, body UTM=38S KC west Iraq Anbar Province, operational range AAAB ROZ RAINDROP; 5th distinct curator-mismatch class after arabian-gulf/djibouti/iraq/october-2023; first ALL-AXES mismatch (theater + AOR + COCOM); first INDOPACOM-labelled artifact whose internal content is CENTCOM-AOR. 10th undefined- OCR-prefix attestation (firms cross-block at N=10: Block D 6 + Block E 1 + Block F 3 — pipeline-class). Zero GUARDCALL extends N=9; zero EMI extends N=10; zero REACTION extends N=15. Counter increments N=22→N=23 records / 36→37 datums
2024 — [[references/dow-uap-d52-email-na-2024]] — 2-page Mistral-OCR'd intra-DoD email thread negotiating the UNCLASS tear line for a 31 Oct 2024 USAF UAP sighting; PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician (15 AF / DET 1) requesting year-of-event…

2025

10–11 Apr 2025 — [[references/dow-uap-d50-email-indopacom-2025-04]] — 2-page Mistral-OCR'd intra-DoD email thread negotiating UNCLASS tear-line classification + AOR INDOPACOM for two consecutive USAF UAP sightings (10 APR 25 2353Z + 11 APR 25 0007Z, 12 sec + 23 sec, NO INTERFERENCE WAS NOTED); PAROL Intel Data Analysis Technician at 12 AF / DET 3 ↔ OUSD(I&S) Information Disclosure Analyst.
2025 — [[references/dow-uap-d8-mission-djibouti-2025]] — 7-page Mistral-OCR'd USMTF GENTEXT/UAP mission report; single 1653Z datum of 2X ROUND WHITE HOT UAPs dynamic-south at 240 KT IVO MGRS 35SQT3423692957 (Eastern Mediterranean — NOT Djibouti per filename); first FIN+SWE+FVEY+NATO release authorization (release-framework dates to ≥ Mar 2024); first round/orb-class morphology + first implicit thermal-sensor channel + first DYNAMIC motion descriptor + first positive-identification multi-object in dow-uap corpus
2025 — [[references/sighting-helicopter-orb-encounter-2025]] — Multi-hour 2025 helicopter-borne orb encounter at a redacted US facility, witnessed by a senior US intelligence official, state-org pilots, and an LP/OP team using FLIR and NVG.
2025 — [[references/usper-statement-2025]] — Redacted SECRET//NOFORN witness statement by a senior US intelligence official describing a 2025 helicopter-borne search and multi-hour orb encounter at a redacted facility.

2026

Mar 2026 — [[references/dow-uap-pr20-prepublication-clearance-2026-03]] — 1-page Mistral-OCR'd DoD Office of Prepublication and Security Review clearance stamp dated 10 Mar 2026; cover artifact for the otherwise-unannotated "DoW-UAP" FOIA-release series.
2026 — [[references/western-us-event-2026]] — Four-slide briefing deck describing a multi-day cluster of UAP observations in the Western U.S. by federal law enforcement special agents USPER1–USPER7, with AARO follow-up.

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