DOW-UAP-D10 is a Department of War Mission Report released in PURSUE Release 01 on May 8, 2026. The release metadata identifies the incident date as May 6, 2022, the incident location as Iraq, and pairs the document with PR-19, a five-second UAP video record published under DVIDS video ID 1006056.123
The PDF is a six-page MISREP with SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY markings, redactions, and a declassification note by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, dated October 7, 2025. It is labeled USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093 / JS-250710-TM8S and approved for release to AARO.2
D10 OIR ISR Sortie
The report places the sortie under Operation Inherent Resolve in the air domain, with AFCENT as the major command, USCENTCOM as the combatant command, and the 609th operations center listed. The tasking was for a U.S. Air Force XCAS mission, while many unit, callsign, location, personnel, aircraft, and equipment fields are withheld under classification and privacy redactions.2
May 6 ISR Collection
The narrative says the aircraft took off at 0246Z on May 6, handed over with the LRE at 0253Z, began SIGINT collection at 0958Z, conducted target development until returning to base at 2036Z, and landed at 0004Z on May 7. Its ISR section lists FMV and signals intelligence as the primary sensor package, and the mission intent was to report personnel, vehicles, weapons, footpaths, communications equipment, and occupied buildings.2
The report also notes that full-motion video was exploited by DGS1 and that dust hindered most FMV collection of the ground.2
Five Objects Near 38SMC53
The observation entry lists FMV as the method of observation and records an event at 1514Z on May 6 near MGRS grid 38SMC53, with coordinate details partly redacted. Its general-text observation says five UAP crossed the screen from 1514Z to 1934Z. The first was characterized by the reporter as a possible missile moving across the field of view; the other four were described as closer to possible birds.12
The release description cautions that the report's descriptive and estimative language reflects the original reporter's subjective interpretation at the time of the event, not a conclusive determination about object identity or performance.1
PR-19 Infrared Clip
The paired PR-19 release states that USCENTCOM submitted five seconds of infrared sensor video from a U.S. military platform to AARO. Its description says that at the two-second mark an area of contrast moves left to right across the lower third of the sensor field of view, and notes that the video account is informational rather than an analytical conclusion.34
What The Mission Report Adds
D10 matters because it ties a public five-second UAP clip to the longer operational record that generated it. Instead of treating the video as an isolated image artifact, the MISREP supplies the platform mission, tasking purpose, sensor context, weather limitation, timing, and the reporter's contemporaneous distinction between a possible missile-like object and four possible bird-like objects.123
It also shows the limits of the record: identifying details are heavily redacted, the observation is embedded in routine Operation Inherent Resolve ISR reporting, and the official release warns against treating the reporter's language as final analysis.12