This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing a “formation of unknown flying objects” traveling northeast to northwest along the coast for approximately two minutes. The report notes that light cloud coverage “prevented the continuous tracking of the formation.” All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
Scientific validation axis from the AATIP framework. Checks whether the record references characteristics that would constitute evidence of anomalous technology.
Hovering or lift without conventional means
Acceleration defying known physics
High speed without expected physical effects
Evading or confounding sensor systems
From 1527Z to 1529Z, the aircraft observed a formation of flying objects and was tracking this formation for approximately 2 minutes before PID was lost in cloud cover. 'AIRCREW WAS UNABLE TO GAIN PID AGAIN ON THIS FORMATION.' Weather section states: 'LIGHT CLOUD COVERAGE PREVENTED CONTINUOUS TRACKING OF UAP EVENT' and 'LIGHT CLOUD COVERAGE PREVENTED THE CONTINOUS TRACKING OF THE FORMATION.' While the loss of track is attributed to cloud cover, the official weather notation directly linking cloud cover to the UAP event, and the inability to regain PID, indicates the formation was intermittently trackable and ultimately not re-acquired by sensors, representing a partial sensor tracking failure in correlation with the UAP event.
Transitioning between air, water, or space
Physiological effects on witnesses or organisms
