Iran November 2020 Mission Report
Mission narrative report documenting an unidentified airborne object reported during operations near Iran, November 2020.
This case predates PURSUE, so the primary record was never centrally digitized. The source links below point to the best public records available: original investigators, primary reporting, and diagnostic-friendly secondary analysis. For PURSUE-era cases, mirrored files render inline further down.
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DOW-UAP-D64 · pdf · Release 01
Provenance metadataFields marked “not disclosed” are transparent gaps in the release, not omissions on our end.
- Coordinates
- Not disclosed in this release
- Altitude
- Not disclosed in this release
- Sensor detail
- Not disclosed in this release
- Encounter duration
- Not disclosed in this release
- Witness count
- Not disclosed in this release
- Operational context
- Not disclosed in this release
- Weather / visibility
- Not disclosed in this release
- Chain of custody
- Not disclosed in this release
- Classification
- Not disclosed in this release
Official description
DOW-UAP-D64: CENTCOM mission report. Document-only, no accompanying sensor capture in the release.
Editor's context
Distinct from the well-known 1976 Tehran incident, this is a separate, more recent file. Limited public context restricts further analysis without the original sensor data.
In the margins
Transcribed redactions, stamps, and handwritten markings, the paratext of the file. Often the most human part of a declassified document, and worth reading on its own.
- Stampp. mission report coverU.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, DOW-UAP-D64
- AnnotationDistinct from the well-known 1976 Tehran F-4 incident, this is a separate, more recent CENTCOM record. Document-only, no sensor data in the release.
Cite the primary source
Citations center the originating government agency and link to the official record. This archive is listed as the access point, not the author.
U.S. Central Command. "Iran November 2020 Mission Report." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-08. File ID: DOW-UAP-D64. https://www.war.gov/UFO/. Accessed 2026-08-12 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/iran-november-2020.
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