DOW-UAP-D61: Mission Report — Persian Gulf, August 2020
Date
August 2020
Document Type
Gov. Report
Authentication
Official PublicationRedaction Status
█ Heavily RedactedIssuing Authority
U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM)
Summary
A USCENTCOM mission report documenting a UAP observation in the Persian Gulf in August 2020. Released via PURSUE Release 1 on May 8, 2026. D61 is the second of two consecutive Persian Gulf August 2020 mission reports alongside D60, indicating at least two distinct formally documented UAP observations in the Persian Gulf within the same month of 2020.
Significance
DOW-UAP-D61 is the second of two Persian Gulf August 2020 mission reports, paired sequentially with D60. The consecutive numbering of two Persian Gulf reports from the same month suggests either two distinct observation events from the same platform or reports from different assets operating in the Gulf simultaneously. The Persian Gulf 2020 cluster (D60, D61, D65) collectively represents the highest concentration of DOW-UAP reports from a single body of water in the corpus.