PURSUE Record — DOW-UAP-D25, Mission Report, Greece, January 2024: Mediterranean Sea · 1/25/24

DOW-UAP-D25 is a declassified Mission Report filed by a U.S. military operator following an incident that occurred on January 25, 2024, over the Mediterranean Sea near Greece. Released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026, as part of PURSUE Release 01, this single-part PDF is a standardized military reporting document — not an intelligence assessment, not a verdict, and not a scientific analysis. It is a contemporaneous operational record of what one observer reported seeing, captured in the format the U.S. military routinely uses to log UAP encounters.

What this record contains

The document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized form the U.S. military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. MISREPs are a primary vehicle through which service members report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). This particular report covers a single observed UAP, with the GENTEXT — the "general text" section reserved for qualitative, contextual narrative — providing the most substantive content. According to the official description accompanying the release, a U.S. military operator observed one UAP and estimated its speed at approximately 434 knots (499 mph). The observer described the object as diamond-shaped, with what was characterized as a non-maneuvering probe at the bottom. Critically, the observer noted the UAP was only visible when viewed through an onboard Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) sensor — it was not detected by other means. The event lasted approximately two minutes.

The Department of War's release metadata is explicit that all descriptive and estimative language in the report reflects the reporter's subjective interpretation at the time of the event, and should not be read as a conclusive indication of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics. One file part constitutes the full public release of this record.

Historical & documentary context

Mission Reports of this type sit within a well-established military documentation framework. Since the establishment of AARO in 2022, the U.S. military has maintained standardized channels for UAP reporting precisely to ensure that observations are recorded in a consistent, structured format rather than dismissed or informally noted. A MISREP filed in January 2024 represents a contemporaneous operational record — written close to the event, by a trained observer, using military sensor equipment. The Mediterranean theater has been an active operational environment for U.S. military assets for decades, meaning the platform carrying the SWIR sensor was almost certainly conducting a routine mission when the observation occurred.

The sensor type matters here. Short-Wave Infrared sensors detect radiation in the 1–3 micron wavelength band, well beyond visible light. An object that appears on SWIR but not to the naked eye or conventional optics is either emitting or reflecting energy in that specific band — a meaningful constraint on interpretation, though not a definitive explanation. Thermal contrast, material composition, altitude effects, and sensor artifacts all remain plausible variables. The fact that the UAP was only detectable via SWIR is one of the most documentable details in this report, and also one of the most consequential for any future analysis.

What this does and does not prove

What is documented: a trained U.S. military observer, operating a SWIR-equipped platform near Greece on January 25, 2024, reported observing a diamond-shaped object with an estimated speed of approximately 434 knots that was invisible except through Short-Wave Infrared sensors, over a duration of roughly two minutes. What is not established: the nature, origin, or identity of the observed phenomenon. Speed estimates from airborne observers carry inherent uncertainty without corroborating radar or multi-sensor data — neither of which is described in the public release blurb. The "non-maneuvering probe" description is a characterization by one observer, not a verified structural feature. This record opens a documented question; it does not close one.

How it fits PURSUE Release 01

DOW-UAP-D25 is one of 120 PDF documents in PURSUE Release 01, and one of the Department of War's contemporary mission reports in the set — a category distinct from the release's NASA archive imagery and historic FBI files dating back to 1947. As a 2024 operational record, it represents the release's most recent layer of evidence: military sensor data gathered under current AARO reporting protocols. Viewed alongside the full release on the SkyLens UAP files page, it illustrates the range of source material PURSUE draws on — from mid-century federal correspondence to present-day multi-spectral sensor logs — and reflects the investigative, unresolved character of the broader disclosure effort.

Editorial note: This analysis is independent commentary on a publicly released document. The original record, source links, and full release metadata are catalogued on the SkyLens UAP files page alongside every other case in the PURSUE Release 01 set.