Iraq (CENTCOM AOR, ISR mission, Sigonella-staged) — MAY 2022
USCENTCOM mission report: ISR aircrew observed one possible small UAP during Operation Inherent Resolve.
“AT 1514Z, [REDACTED] OBSERVED 1X UAP.”
Incident summary
DOW-UAP-D14 / DOW-UAP-D10 mission report (MISREP) from a May 2022 ISR sortie supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, staged from Sigonella Airbase. Original classification SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. Declassified 7 October 2025 by Major General Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff. Body of report heavily redacted; observation timestamp logged as 1514Z.
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-012. The originating agency is the United States Air Force; the case is currently classified SECRET//DECLASSIFIED and rated UNRESOLVED 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-D14 — USCENTCOM MISREP // IRAQ // MAY 2022 (DOC-002 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
- DOW-UAP-D10, MISSION REPORT, MIDDLE EAST, MAY 2022 (DOC-042 · SECRET//DECLASSIFIED)
Video evidence
- MIDDLE EAST // OPERATOR-SCREEN UAP // DOW-UAP-PR19 (VID-011 · IR · 9s)
- DOW-UAP-PR19 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / MIDDLE EAST / MAY 2022 (VID-018 · IR · 5s)
- DOW-UAP-PR21 / UNRESOLVED UAP REPORT / IRAQ / MAY 2022 (VID-019 · IR · 10s)
- Syria — OCT 2024PURSUE-008 · ANOMALOUS · Department of War (DoD)
- Syria (CENTCOM AOR) — JUL 2022PURSUE-013 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)
- United Arab Emirates (vicinity) — OCT 2023PURSUE-014 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)
- Middle East (CENTCOM AOR) — MAY 2022PURSUE-015 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)