DOW-UAP-D055: Mission Report, Syria, November 2016

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Declassified by MG Richard A. Hamson
                                                                                                                      USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
                                                                                                                      Declassified on: 20 M~
                    67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM
                                  NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA
                                                                          18 NOV 2016

J!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea•tem                        FLIGHT PATH
Mediterranean, P-IA, obe•rved an unidentified low-ftylng
object 86 nm northweet of Latakla from an unknown
origin, traveling at approx SOOK.TS on a •outheut•rly
heading outbound from KCTG, for ~2 minutes.
                          Timeline (Z):
(D (°ell P'IEl!sto18/131 OZ: P-8 observed a possible missile launch
   IVQ             1.4a      I from an origin unknown detected via
     the EO/IR sensor. The possible missile appeared to be in
     sea skim mode traveling at approximately 500KTS on a
     southeasterly heading outbound from KCTG. P-8 position
   . was 26NM S of object detection at 16121 F~       1.4a

f2' (911 P't!I!) 18/13122: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO
~           1.4a      Iapprox. 40 NM northwest of Latakia. The
    missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS
    and 1x U/1 vessel.
                              Weather:
     Uf P-8 aircrew charactenzeavisioilfty as clear, no range
    limitations .




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     (RUS) INGUL ARS                                                                                 US P-8A Location
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CTG 67.1 Comment§: The mission commander for P~8 characterized the interaction as safe. VVhile this was the first observed occurrence of
possible missile activity by P-8 aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean it is assessed to be standard activity consistent with the assessed activity of
fhe KCTG. Video footage can be found at this link.                     (b)(6l


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