DOW-UAP-D62: Mission Report — Strait of Hormuz, September 2020
Date
September 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 Strait of Hormuz in September 2020. Released via PURSUE Release 1 on May 8, 2026. D62 is one of two Strait of Hormuz mission reports in the PURSUE corpus (alongside D63, October 2020), documenting the phenomenon at one of the world's most strategically critical maritime chokepoints — the only sea route connecting the Persian Gulf to the open ocean.
Significance
DOW-UAP-D62 introduces the Strait of Hormuz as a UAP observation location in the PURSUE corpus. The Strait is the world's most strategically significant oil chokepoint, carrying approximately 20% of global petroleum trade, and is persistently contested between the U.S. 5th Fleet and Iranian naval forces. A formally documented UAP observation here in September 2020 — followed one month later by D63 — carries significant geopolitical context beyond the standard CENTCOM theater reports.