DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016

67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA Declassified by MG Richard A. Hamson USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 20 M~ 18 NOV 2016 FLIGHT PATH J!!Jlf: Whtie monitoring KCTG activity In the Ea•tem 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 I from an origin unknown detected via IVQ 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 1.4a . 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 1 x U/1 vessel. Weather: Uf P-8 aircrew charactenzeavisioilfty as clear, no range limitations . .~!~ (RUS) INGUL ARS US P-8A Location 13102 : -- 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 USCENTCOM MOR 26~038 to MOR ~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 USCENTCOM MOR 26~038 to MOR 26~046 Approved for Release to AARO 03/27/26 000001 81!8PU!!•1~1PU!L ,8 UOilt, UM8