{"type":"documents","slug":"2026-pursue-release-05-009-dow-uap-d101-unresolved-uap-report-gulf-of-oman-2021","title":"DOW-UAP-D101, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021","url":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-05-009-dow-uap-d101-unresolved-uap-report-gulf-of-oman-2021","description":"An official 2021 Department of War mission report documents AC-130 crews tracking anomalous cold orbs over the Gulf of Oman.","date":"2021-08-19T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Report"],"updated":"2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"connectionCount":1,"content":{"markdown":"DOW-UAP-D101 is a document released publicly as part of PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026. The record originates from the Department of War and documents an incident on August 19, 2021, over the Gulf of Oman. [^1][^2][^3]\n\n<PDF src=\"https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/080726/release_05/documents/DOW-UAP-D101.pdf\" />\n\n## Provenance and Context\n\nThe document was declassified and approved for public release under the PURSUE disclosure framework. It was maintained by the Department of War as a mission report on an encounter in which AC-130 gunship crews and carrier strike group sensors tracked multiple anomalous cold orbs.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## What the Record Supports\n\nThe report documents that the Department of War logged and retained sensor and crew observations of the cold orbs. It does not identify their origin, and the objects remain unresolved in the department's own accounting.[^3]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n[^2]: [Department of War PURSUE data file (uap-data.csv)](https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-data.csv)\n[^3]: [DOW-UAP-D101, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 remote release asset](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/080726/release_05/documents/DOW-UAP-D101.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"updates","slug":"2026-pursue-disclosure-releases-04-05","title":"PURSUE disclosure releases 04 and 05 ingestion","url":"https://disclosdex.com/updates/2026-pursue-disclosure-releases-04-05"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/documents/2026-pursue-release-05-009-dow-uap-d101-unresolved-uap-report-gulf-of-oman-2021","title":"DOW-UAP-D101, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/documents/2026-pursue-release-05-009-dow-uap-d101-unresolved-uap-report-gulf-of-oman-2021","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}