UFO and UAP Incidents in the Middle East

Overview

The Middle East region contains 5 declassified UAP incidents on the UAP.WATCH index, spanning 2022, 2023, 2024. Source agencies for this region include United States Air Force, Department of War (DoD). Status breakdown: 0 resolved, 4 unresolved, 1 anomalous, 0 corroborated.

All Middle East incidents

• Iraq (CENTCOM AOR, ISR mission, Sigonella-staged) — MAY 2022 (PURSUE-012 · UNRESOLVED · United States Air Force)
  USCENTCOM mission report: ISR aircrew observed one possible small UAP during Operation Inherent Resolve.
• Middle East (CENTCOM AOR) — MAY 2022 (PURSUE-015 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD))
  DOW-UAP-PR19 unresolved UAP report from a Middle East encounter, May 2022.
• Syria (CENTCOM AOR) — JUL 2022 (PURSUE-013 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD))
  USCENTCOM mission report from July 2022 Syria sortie; UAP crossed military operator screen.
• United Arab Emirates (vicinity) — OCT 2023 (PURSUE-014 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD))
  Unresolved UAP report near UAE — infrared sensor footage of unidentified object.
• Syria — OCT 2024 (PURSUE-008 · ANOMALOUS · Department of War (DoD))
  Two semi-transparent orange areas appearing for 2 seconds each on video.