Syria — OCT 2024

Incident summary

Video from Syria operations shows two semi-transparent orange areas appearing for two seconds each. No definitive determination.

Why this case matters

This incident is logged in PURSUE Release 01 — the U.S. Department of War's 2026-05-08 declassified UAP file release — under identifier PURSUE-008. The originating agency is the Department of War (DoD); the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated ANOMALOUS by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.

Primary-source evidence

Declassified documents

• DOW-UAP-D16, MISSION REPORT, SYRIA, JULY 2022 (DOC-044 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D19, MISSION REPORT, SYRIA, FEBRUARY 21, 2023 (DOC-046 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D32, MISSION REPORT, SYRIA, OCTOBER 2024 (DOC-053 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D55, MISSION REPORT, SYRIA, NOVEMBER 2016 (DOC-066 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
• DOW-UAP-D74, MISSION REPORT, SYRIA, NOVEMBER 2023 (DOC-078 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)

Video evidence

• SYRIA // ORANGE ORB SEMI-TRANSPARENT (VID-003 · IR · 8s)
• DOW-UAP-PR22 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / SYRIA / JULY 2022 (VID-020 · IR · 14s)
• DOW-UAP-PR31 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / SYRIA / OCTOBER 2024 (VID-026 · IR · 5s)
• DOW-UAP-PR32 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / SYRIA / OCTOBER 2024 (VID-027 · IR · 6s)
• DOW-UAP-PR33 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / SYRIA / OCTOBER 2024 (VID-028 · IR · 5s)