{
 "slug": "dow-uap-d55",
 "title": "DOW-UAP-D55-Mission-Report-Syria-November-2016",
 "agency": "DoW",
 "year": "2016",
 "page_count": 1,
 "source_page": "https://wearenotalone.space/document/dow-uap-d55/",
 "original_file": "https://wearenotalone.space/Season 01/Release_1/DOW-UAP-D55-Mission-Report-Syria-November-2016.pdf",
 "license": "U.S. Government work — public domain. Text is machine OCR from the original scan; the page image is authoritative.",
 "pages": [
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   "n": 1,
   "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d55/p01.jpg",
   "text": "Declassified by MG Richard A. Hamson\nUSCENTCOM Chief of Staff\nDeclassified on: 20 M~\n67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM\nNORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA\n18 NOV 2016\nFLIGHT PATH\nJ!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea•tem\nMediterranean, P-IA, obe•rved an unidentified low-ftylng\nobject 86 nm northweet of Latakla from an unknown\norigin, traveling at approx SOOK.TS on a •outheut•rly\nheading outbound from KCTG, for ~2 minutes.\nTimeline (Z):\n(D (°ell P'IEl!sto18/131 OZ: P-8 observed a possible missile launch\nIVQ\n1.4a\nIfrom an origin unknown detected via\nthe EO/IR sensor. The possible missile appeared to be in\nsea skim mode traveling at approximately 500KTS on a\nsoutheasterly heading outbound from KCTG. P-8 position\n. was 26NM S of object detection at 16121 F~\n1.4a\nf2' (911 P't!I!) 18/13122: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO\n~\n1.4a\nIapprox. 40 NM northwest of Latakia. The\nmissile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS\nand 1 x U/1 vessel.\nWeather:\nUf P-8 aircrew charactenzeavisioilfty as clear, no range\nlimitations .\n.~!~\n(RUS) INGUL ARS\nUS P-8A Location\n13102:-­\nCTG 67.1 Comment§: The mission commander for P~8 characterized the interaction as safe. VVhile this was the first observed occurrence of\npossible missile activity by P-8 aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean it is assessed to be standard activity consistent with the assessed activity of\nfhe KCTG. Video footage can be found at this link.\n(b)(6l\n81!8PU!!•1~1PU!L ,8 UOilt, UM8\nUSCENTCOM MOR 26~038 to MOR 26~046\nApproved for Release to AARO\n03/27/26 000001"
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}