Title and Metadata Mismatch
The Department of War's May 8, 2026 PURSUE Release 01 catalog identifies DOW-UAP-D27 as a Department of War PDF titled DOW-UAP-D27, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023.1 The same catalog metadata assigns the incident date as June 7, 2024 and the incident location as the Gulf of Oman, matching the internal mission-report timeline rather than the October 2023 wording in the title.12
The PDF is an eight-page USCENTCOM mission report, or MISREP, declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on October 24, 2025 and approved for release to AARO.2 It was originally marked SECRET//NOFORN, and many aircraft, personnel, location, tasking, and contact details remain redacted under national-security and privacy exemptions.2
The report places the sortie under Operation Enduring Sentinel in the air domain, with USCENTCOM as the combatant command, AFSOC as the major command, the 609th in operations-center fields, and 3 SOS listed as the originating unit.2 It records the mission type as ISR, the service as Air Force, the target pod as AN/DAS-1, the data link as Link 16, and both takeoff and landing at OMAM.2
June 2024 Gulf of Oman Sortie
The narrative records takeoff at 2100Z on June 6, 2024, non-interference-basis tasking at 2256Z and 0444Z, UAP detection at 0457Z during return to base, and landing at 0713Z on June 7 after 10 hours and 13 minutes of mission time.2 A separate on-station entry says a tasked support event was not completed because weather forced return to base.2
The UAP section lists initial contact at 0457Z on June 7, describes the event type as a UAP incident, and records the friendly aircraft at 23,999 feet, 163 knots, and a 294-degree trajectory.2 The observer assessed the UAP as benign, described it as solid, reported no change in response to observer actions, and listed no effects on persons, no engagement, no recovered material, and no advanced capabilities or materials.2
The descriptive field says the observed object appeared hot and spherical, with a vertical pole or bar below it, and notes the possibility that the reported feature was a reflection from an object in the water.2 The kinetic-velocity field gives an estimated 140 knots, and the maneuverability field describes straight flight just over the water rather than erratic movement.2
What the Redacted MISREP Adds
DOW-UAP-D27 matters because it preserves the operational report behind a short public catalog description. The record does not identify the object, claim intelligent control, or document equipment or personnel effects; its value is the structured context around the observation: mission timing, sensor and command fields, estimated speed and altitude, observer assessment, and the limits imposed by redaction.12
The mismatch between the release title and the incident metadata also matters. Keeping the title intact while stating the June 2024 Gulf of Oman timeline helps readers separate the official release label from the event details visible inside the MISREP and catalog metadata.12