Extracted text — DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016

Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison
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USCENTCOM Chief of Staff
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67.1 P-8A OBSERVES UNIDENTIFIED LOW-FLYING OBJECT 55 NM
NORTHWEST OF LATAKIA, SYRIA
FORCE
18 NOV 2016
BLUF: While monitoring KCTG activity in the Eastern
FLIGHT PATH
Mediterranean, P-8A, observed an unidentified low-flying
object 55 nm northwest of Latakia from an unknown
(RUS) DDALOY 00-519
origin, traveling at approx 500KTS on a southeasterly
heading outbound from KCTG, for ~2 minutes.
IRUSYKUZNE CV-063 (RUS)
(RUS) KALININGRADNEFT AD
Timeline (Z):
(RUS) INGLIE ARS
1
(SIIREL) 18/1310Z: P-8 observed a possible missile launch
(RL5) KIROV
IVO
1,4a
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 FT
1.4a
2
(GIRLE) 18/1312Z: - P-8 lost visual of the object IVO
1
1310Z:
1.4a
1,4a
approx. 40 NM northwest of Latakia. The
KTG
missile was observed to pass between (RUS) INGUL ARS
and 1x U/I vessel.
Weather:
N
2
(U) P-8 aircrew characterized visibility as clear, no range
limitations.
26 NM
~1312Z:
1.4a
U/I OBJ
(RUS) INGUL ARS
US P-8A Location
U/I VESSEL
1310Z:
1,4a
CTG 67.1 Comments: The mission commander for P-8 characterized the interaction as safe. While 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
the KCTG. Video footage can be found at this link:
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