Documented case · Middle East and Mediterranean Sea coverage
Atmospheric Wakes — Case One
2022–2023 (case date unavailable) · Details below are limited to the linked public record. Source conclusions are attributed and do not establish an extraordinary cause.
- Incident date
- 2022–2023 (case date unavailable)
- Place in source
- Middle East and Mediterranean Sea coverage
- Location precision
- AARO gives one shared Middle East and Mediterranean area for three missions, not a separate place for this case. The marker is a regional locator, not an aircraft or object position.
Documented record
A theater UAV operator reported infrared footage from one of three missions covered by AARO’s Atmospheric Wakes resolution. The report says the footage was submitted because it appeared to show potentially anomalous propulsion.
Source assessment
AARO’s partners assessed the wake as a sensor anomaly. The object remained unidentified, but AARO said it did not display anomalous characteristics and was almost certainly prosaic.
Details stated in the record
- Source record
- One of three cases in an AARO resolution report
- Dates
- The report covers missions in 2022 and 2023; this case’s date is unavailable
- Shared source location
- Middle East and Mediterranean Sea; case-level location unavailable
- Reporter
- Theater UAV operator
- Sensor
- Infrared (IR)
- Altitude and shape
- Not available in the case summary
- Reported behavior
- Potentially anomalous atmospheric wake
- Object identity
- Unidentified in the public report
- AARO finding
- No anomalous characteristics; almost certainly a prosaic object
- Wake assessment
- Sensor anomaly
Not available in the cited public record
- The public report does not give this case’s exact date, mission location, or coordinates.
- Altitude and shape are listed as unavailable in the case summary.
- The object was not identified.
Source references
- “Atmospheric Wakes” case resolution (opens in a new tab)
AARO · U.S. Department of Defense