{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-01-072-dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020","title":"DOW-UAP-D63 Strait of Hormuz October 2020 Mission Report","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-072-dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020","description":"Mission report records an October 2020 Strait of Hormuz UAP observation during a USCENTCOM maritime ISR sortie.","date":"2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Report"],"disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## D63 Strait of Hormuz Record\n\nThe Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01 identifies DOW-UAP-D63 as a Department of War PDF mission report for an October 1, 2020 incident in the Strait of Hormuz.[^1] The release metadata describes the file as a Military Mission Report, or MISREP, a standardized U.S. military reporting form that services also use to submit UAP observations to AARO.[^1]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020.pdf\" />\n\nThe released PDF identifies the record as Misrep 4871281. Its visible administrative fields place the record in a USCENTCOM and AFCENT context, list the 482 ATKS as the originating unit, and show 609th operations-center fields; personnel, aircraft, tasking, and some operational details remain redacted.[^2]\n\n## October 1 Sortie\n\nThe narrative says a redacted U.S. military platform took off from OKAS at 2249Z, handed over from the launch-and-recovery element at 2300Z, and supported NAVCENT for a redacted operation in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman.[^2] It records multiple GUARD calls across the mission before noting at 1829Z that the platform observed one UAP and directed readers to Observation Line 1.[^2]\n\nThe same narrative says the platform was cleared to return to base at 1835Z, handed back to the launch-and-recovery element at 1922Z, and landed at OKAS at 1953Z.[^2] Its mission summary lists 21 mission hours, 17.3 IMINT hours, full-motion video exploited by DGS-1, and four total taskings prosecuted.[^2]\n\nThe PURSUE description adds that a U.S. military operator reported observing a UAP, while cautioning that descriptive and estimative language reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation at the time rather than a conclusion about object features or performance.[^1]\n\n## No D63 Video Pairing\n\nThe PURSUE metadata leaves both video pairing and PDF pairing blank for DOW-UAP-D63, so this entry has no identified paired PR media in the release metadata.[^1] The public record for this item is therefore the written mission report rather than a PDF-and-video pairing.[^1][^2]\n\n## Value and Limits\n\nDOW-UAP-D63 matters because it preserves a contemporaneous military UAP report from a strategic maritime chokepoint, but the record itself is not an identification or investigative conclusion.[^1][^2] Its evidentiary value is in provenance: the report ties the observation to mission timing, command context, sensor exploitation, location context, and redaction boundaries.[^2]\n\nBecause the release provides no paired public PR media and the PDF withholds many operational details, the record supports cautious source-level analysis rather than claims about the object's origin, capabilities, or identity.[^1][^2]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE Release 01 page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n[^2]: [DOW-UAP-D63, Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, October 2020 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020.pdf)","readingTime":"3 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-072-dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020","title":"DOW-UAP-D63 Strait of Hormuz October 2020 Mission Report","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-01-072-dow-uap-d63-mission-report-strait-of-hormuz-october-2020","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}