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063 · EP-04 Modern-Military

DOW-UAP-D55-_Mission_Report-_Syria-_November_2016

Modern military UAP encountersContemporary AARO/DOW/USCENTCOM/INDOPACOM reports. 2010s–2020s.

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20 Ma[redacted] 26 ~~SECRET//REL TO USA, NATO~~ 18 NOV 2016 *** **BLUF:** While monitoring KCTG activity in the Eastern Mediterranean, P-8A, observed an unidentified low-flying object 55 nm northwest of Latakia from an unknown origin, traveling at approx 500KTS on a southeasterly heading outbound from KCTG, for ~2 minutes. **Timeline (Z):** (1) [Redacted] 18/1310Z: P-8 observed a possible missile launch IVO [Redacted] 1.4a from an origin unknown detected via the EO/IR sensor. The possible missile appeared to be in sea skim mode traveling at approximately 500KTS on a southeasterly heading outbound from KCTG. P-8 position was 26NM S of object detection at 16121 FT [Redacted] 1.4a (2) [Redacted] 18/1312Z: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO [Redacted] 1.4a approx. 40 NM northwest of Latakia. The missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS and 1x U/I vessel. **Weather:** (U) P-8 aircrew characterized visibility as clear, no range limitations. *** [Image: Map showing flight path, KCTG, and various Russian vessels: (RUS) UDALOY DD-619, (RUS) KUZNETSOV CV-063 (RUS) CHILIKIN AOR, (RUS) KALININGRADNET AD, (RUS) KIROV CON 099, (RUS) INGUL ARS] * (1) 1310Z: [Redacted] 1.4a * (2) ~1312Z:…

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02 · Why this matters

This file is one of 77 in the Modern military UAP encounters cluster. It is part of the post-AARO modern reporting record. Only the OCR text is held locally — the original PDF binary is blocked from this network by the war.gov edge. The text is verbatim from the prior extraction pass.

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