DOW-UAP-D64: Iran UAP Mission Report
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TL;DR
DOW-UAP-D64 is a declassified U.S. military mission report documenting a UAP incident over Iran in November 2020 - the earliest-dated of four named CENTCOM-theater reports in PURSUE Release 1, and its high document number implies a sequential military classification series with at least 64 UAP incidents formally documented.
Confirmed
- ✓DOW-UAP-D64 is a formally classified U.S. military mission report documenting a UAP incident over Iran in November 2020
- ✓It is the earliest-dated of four named CENTCOM-theater mission reports in PURSUE Release 1 (spanning November 2020 to January 2024)
- ✓The D64 document number implies a military UAP classification series with at least 64 formally documented incidents
- ✓The document was declassified and publicly released via PURSUE Release 1 on May 8, 2026
Unresolved
- ?Whether the object was an Iranian IRGC drone, a commercial platform, or something genuinely anomalous - no specific object characteristics are described in the public release
- ?Why the D64 numbering is higher than D14 (Iraq 2022, a later incident), suggesting the series is not strictly chronological
- ?What the full DOW-UAP series between D1 and D64 documents - only five entries have been publicly released
Strongest mundane explanation
The object was an Iranian IRGC drone or Shahed-series platform operating without IFF coordination in a theater where Iran routinely fields military UAS without prior deconfliction - consistent with Iran's operational posture in 2020, though known Iranian platforms are tracked by U.S. intelligence and a formal UAP designation implies the object exceeded standard identification parameters.
In November 2020, U.S. military assets recorded a UAP incident over Iran, documented in a classified mission report designated DOW-UAP-D64. Released publicly via the PURSUE initiative on May 8, 2026, DOW-UAP-D64 is the earliest-dated of four named CENTCOM-theater mission reports in PURSUE Release 1. The high document number (D64) implies a sequential military classification system with at least 64 UAP incidents formally documented before this one. Together with DOW-UAP-D14 (Iraq, May 2022), DOW-UAP-D27 (UAE coast, October 2023), and DOW-UAP-D25 (Greece, January 2024), it establishes a sustained four-year pattern of formally documented military UAP observations across the CENTCOM area of responsibility.
Key Facts
- ›Document identifier: DOW-UAP-D64; location: Iran; date: November 2020
- ›The highest-numbered named mission report in PURSUE Release 1, implying at least 64 incidents formally classified before this one
- ›Originally classified; declassified and released publicly via PURSUE Release 1, May 8, 2026
- ›Earliest-dated of four named CENTCOM-theater mission reports in PURSUE Release 1, spanning November 2020 to January 2024
- ›The D64 number implies a DOW-UAP classification series with 64+ documented military UAP encounters across multiple theaters
- ›Iran represents the most politically sensitive location in the CENTCOM PURSUE release set