DOW-UAP-D65: Mission Report — Persian Gulf, July 2020
Date
July 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 July 2020. Released via PURSUE Release 1 on May 8, 2026. D65 precedes D60 and D61 chronologically (July vs. August 2020) but carries a higher document number, confirming that DOW-UAP classification numbers do not strictly follow chronological order. D65 completes the three-report Persian Gulf 2020 cluster.
Significance
DOW-UAP-D65 is chronologically the earliest of the three Persian Gulf 2020 DOW mission reports (July 2020), yet carries a higher D-number than D60 and D61 (August 2020). This confirms that the DOW-UAP numbering system reflects classification or reporting sequence rather than event chronology — a relevant caveat for interpreting the broader corpus structure.