DOW-UAP-D63: Mission Report — Strait of Hormuz, October 2020
Date
October 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 October 2020. Released via PURSUE Release 1 on May 8, 2026. D63 is the second of two consecutive Strait of Hormuz mission reports (alongside D62, September 2020), suggesting repeated formally documented UAP activity in one of the world's most strategically sensitive maritime corridors across consecutive months.
Significance
DOW-UAP-D63 is the second Strait of Hormuz observation report in the PURSUE corpus, following D62 from the previous month. Two consecutive Strait of Hormuz reports in September and October 2020 indicate that USCENTCOM assets were documenting persistent UAP activity in this theater across multiple patrols during this period. The Strait is a high-tension environment with continuous U.S.-Iran naval interactions, making UAP attribution particularly complex.