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Sighting in Syria, November 18, 2016

Item released by the US government (PURSUE, Department of War): a document, "Mission Report, Syria, November 2016". Incident: 11/18/16, Syria. According to the government, no definitive determination could be made.

What happened

This document is a mission briefing summarizing an observation of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) by a U.S. military platform near Latakia, Syria. A U.S. military pilot flying a P-8A aircraft reported observing an object via the aircraft’s EO/IR sensor, which they characterized as appearing to be in “sea skim mode,” traveling at approximately 500 knots (575 mph) on a southeasterly heading. The P-8A lost visual contact with the object after two minutes. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

Summary written by AARO, the Pentagon's UAP office, and released by the US government (public domain).

Date
November 18, 2016
Location
Syria · country only
Type of sighting
From the ground

Sources

Summary written by SkyUnknown from the facts published by the source.